MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graphic Materiality, Trauma, and Expressionist Comics: Artist’s Talk With Leela Corman
1 hour 24 minutes Posted Nov 4, 2021 at 12:00 am.
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Graphic novel creator Leela Corman talk's and Q&A about her graphic novels and short comics on the topics of generational and personal trauma, New York City history, Polish-Jewish life, and amateur women’s wrestling.
Corman is a painter, educator, and graphic novel creator. Her books include Unterzakhn (Schocken/Pantheon, 2012) and the short comics collection We All Wish For Deadly Force (Retrofit/Big Planet, 2016). She is currently at work on the graphic novel Victory Parade, a story about WWII, women’s wrestling, and the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Her short comics have appeared in The Believer Magazine, Tablet Magazine, Nautilus, and The Nib.