by Annemarie Jutel There is a strong graphic tradition of writing about other people’s illnesses.  Tangles (Sarah Leavitt), Mom’s Cancer (Brian Fies), Last Things (Marisa Moss) and even the magnificent fictional Mad with Joy (Joris Vermassen), all address the important question of how we experience and cope with the illness experienced by our loved ones.  Like the first-person illness narrative, they take a creative exploration of experiences of illness, even while one step removed:  not the patient themselves, rather the people who surround them.  There’s a parallel tradition of talking about one’s mom.  Roz Chast, Alison Bechdel and Teresa Wong… Read More