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Author: Swati Nair

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My Little Saigon – Nayth Explores Family, Culture and the Search for One’s Own Identity 

  • by Swati Nair
  • October 21, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! Nayth’s My Little Saigon is a complex and layered narrative combining family history, a coming-of-age story, and managing loss. Mai-Anne Nguyen is 26 and has spent…

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Penelope’s Escape from the Platypusary – Arianna Irwin and Prenzy’s Charming Animal Adventure Packs a Powerful Punch About Freedom and Agency

  • by Swati Nair
  • September 23, 2026

In 1957, a platypus named Penelope vanished from the Bronx Zoo in New York. Zookeepers were astonished to find that she could have tunnelled her way out or climbed over…

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On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides Vol. 1 – Marina Lisa Komiya Explores Love and Identity in Post-War Japan 

  • by Swati Nair
  • August 10, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! The mention of WW II most often summons up images of the Holocaust. It’s easy to find narratives, both fiction and non-fiction, centreed around US experiences of…

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Lovers of the Empire Vol. 1 – Yudori Draws a Tender Portrait of Romance in Colonial Korea

  • by Swati Nair
  • August 3, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! The 1920s in occupied Korea saw the beginning of Japan’s bunka seiji, or cultural policy. Behind a veneer of modern progress, Koreans were allowed more freedom of…

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I, René Tardi, P.O.W. Vol. 1-3 – Jacques Tardi Chronicles Memory and Survival After World War II

  • by Swati Nair
  • May 28, 2026

How do you tell a story that has already been told many times? How do you tell a story that at times seems stuck in time because the past, present,…

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Remember Us to Life – Joanna Rubin Dranger’s Graphic Memoir Speaks for the Silenced

  • by Swati Nair
  • February 25, 2026

“The first generation were quiet, the second generation felt they couldn’t ask, and now the third generation tries to find out what happened.” It’s a framing that haunts Remember Us…

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Everything Amplified – Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor Capture the Chaos and Heart of Teenage Life

  • by Swati Nair
  • October 24, 2025

Everything Amplified, written by Ziggy Hanaor and Sarah Lippett, is a YA graphic novel that captures the throbbing chaos of adolescence. It’s that stage in life where music seems to…

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Raging Clouds – Yudori Confronts Patriarchy with a Story of Resilience, Friendship and Freedom

  • by Swati Nair
  • September 8, 2025

The act of invention is rarely just about machines or ideas. It’s also about survival and resilience, and finding ways to imagine freedom when the world insists on restraint. In…

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