by Julz Oliveros This review was originally published at https://www.instagram.com/p/CixSF2OhSrK/ on September 21, 2022, on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines by then dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. On the 50th anniversary of Martial Law in the Philippines, I thought I’d crack open this graphic novel by Elle Shivers, a queer illustrator from Manila, Philippines. Cicatrix is an autobiographical graphic novel about how Elle’s guilt of Marcos’ supporters and enablers as parents and family having manifested itself as anxiety, psychosomatic disorder and eventually hypochondria. In this deeply personal book, Elle describes the ordeal they had… Read More