Date:
April 13th at 3:30pm - April 13th at 5:00pm
Location:
Eastman Hall (1)-2000
The Center for Engaged Storycraft is excited to feature a talk by Bishakh Som whose 2020 graphic novels Apsara Engine and Spellbound “investigate the intersection between image and text, figure and architecture, architecture and landscape,” while seeking to “ expand the vocabulary of the narratives traditionally presented” in the comics medium “by exploring themes of gender, sexuality, memory and urbanism.” Som's work explores issues like being trans and South Asian, while expanding the vocabulary of comics and its formal boundaries. Som is the winner of a 2020 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel and a 2021 Lambda Literary Award winner for Best LGBTQ Comics and has published work in The New Yorker, We’re Still Here (The first all-trans comics anthology), Beyond, vol. 2, The Strumpet, The Boston Review, Black Warrior Review, VICE, Buzzfeed, Ink Brick, Hi-horse, (co-editor and contributing artist), Blurred Vision, Pood, the academic journal Specs, and The Brooklyn Rail, Volume 3 of the acclaimed Graphic Canon series from Seven Stories Press.
