Comics Stories about Sexual Assault
Seeking comics for teen readers by teens & former teens for our upcoming anthology Grab Back Comics: The Teen Years! Tell your story in a comic! Or make a 1-page art piece with a message for teens! Story + Artist Matchups!! Have a story to tell but don’t want to draw it yourself? Want to draw a comic and... Continue Reading →
Do you have mixed feelings about the #metoo hashtag? Feeling flooded? Yah, me too. "I'm Tired of Performing Trauma" on The Nib includes five stories responding to #metoo, truly the most thoughtful commentary I've read in the past year. This one by Shing Yin Kohr is stunning.
In "Trigger Warning: Breakfast" on The Nib, an anonymous artists tells the story of her assault and the steps she took to convince herself that it hadn't happened. A tough exterior can go a long way, but for this "bad victim," it took years to acknowledge her experience.
Cartoonist Suzy X talks about how getting triggered can ruin her whole week, at Bitch Magazine. What does it take to weather the storm? Self care, good friends, and a well formulated backup plan.
She did it! Portland artist Erika Rier finished her comic on time, and you can see it next month when the Grab Back Comics Anthology premiers. This book is going to be amazing. Stay tuned! https://www.instagram.com/p/BUXtO51DrX4/?taken-by=erika_rier&hl=en
When he dressed up as a duck for a job in high school, Barry Deutsch was seen as female by the public and as gay by his coworkers. Things got dangerous. He tells an insightful story about personal vulnerability and the fragility of the gender system in If It Looks Like a Duck on The... Continue Reading →
In her new book Not My Shame, T.O. Walker tells a story that I can really relate to. Published in the U.K. in 2017 by Singing Dragon, Not My Shame is a graphic memoir about assault, hard-earned survival, and the redemption of human connection. The non-linear narrative reflects the experiences of an assault survivor... Continue Reading →
From artist Jess Fink, some commentary on the flavors of street harassment she has encountered.
In Monster, Artist Kiko Galpin tells a very personal story about life after sexual assault. Earlier this month, Kiko answered some questions from Grab Back Comics about the process of making this comic and publishing it in Room Magazine. Kiko says, "I wanted to convey the idea that this fear and discomfort doesn’t go away after the... Continue Reading →
Una's book Becoming Unbecoming is a graphically beautiful story of a girl growing up in a community haunted by a serial rapist and murderer. When town authorities and the media place the burden of personal safety on women and girls, Una gets a clear message that her own experience with sexual violence is entirely her fault. J.... Continue Reading →
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