Content warning: this post relates to the terrorist attacks this past weekend and earlier in March.
Our most recent library display for the month of May follows in the wake of another anti-Semitic, racist, white-nationalist terrorist attack when a man filled with hate entered the Chabad of Poway Synagogue in San Diego and opened fire during the last day of Passover. This resulted in one murder and the injury of Jews in prayer, including children. This happened not long after the horrific Christchurch shooting in New Zealand in March, when a shooter killed 50 people in two mosques.
We stand with the Jewish and Muslim communities in solidarity against antisemitism, Islamophobia, and racism, condoning hate crimes of any kind.
In the circumstance of our current political and social climate and in response to recent tragedies within Jewish, Muslim, and other marginalized communities, it is vital that we create space for these voices and experiences to be visible.
This post highlights our current library display; it is a celebration of diverse experiences in Muslim, Arab, and MENA (Middle East and North Africa) communities, in addition to Asian Heritage Month and Jewish Heritage Month.
Visit our library and read these stories. If you are able to, buy them from your local comic book shop or direct from artists’ websites. Check them out from your local public library. Request that they be ordered in to your local library and bookstores.
A fund has been setup to help the victims and their families of the recent terrorist attack, which you can donate to here:
Library Display
The following comics are currently on display at CCOL in celebration of Jewish Heritage Month, Asian Heritage Month, and Muslim, Arab, and MENA (Middle East North Africa) narratives. Come visit us and read these wonderful comics. Click on the covers for summaries, and visit our online catalogue for more information.
Asian Comics
- The Pitiful Human-Lizard: Chapter 17: Paladins in Peril Part 2 by Jason Loo
- Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa
- Sunday in the Park with Boys by Jane Mai
- Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine
- Sweat and Tears by Loretta Miauw
- The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
- Fragments of Horror by Junji Ito
- Fukushima Devil Fish by Katsumata Susumu
- First Year Healthy Michael DeForge
- Operatic by Kyo Maclear and Byron Eggenschwiler
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
- Lucky Penny by Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota
- This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
- Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos, and Me by Lorina Mapa
- The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
- The Only Child by Guojing
- August Moon by Diana Thung
Muslim, Arab and MENA Comics
- Zenobia by Morten Durr and Lars Horneman
- Lissa by Sherine Hamdy, Coleman Nye, Sarula Bao, Caroline Brewer, Marc Parenteau
- The Hookah Girl and Other True Stories by Marguerite Dabaie
- Escape from Syria by Samya Kullab and Jackie Roche
- Lowriders to the Center of the Earth by Cathy Camper and Raul the Third
- Ms. Marvel Kamala Khan by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona
- The Muslims by Ahmad Philips and Usamah Philips
- Introducing Islam- A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar and Zafar Abbas Malik
- Snapshots of a Girl by Beldan Sezen
- An Iranian Metamorphosis by Mana Neyestani
- Poppies of Iraq by Brigitte Findakly and Lewis Trondheim
- The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- Journalism by Joe Sacco
- Pipit Farlouse La Couvee de l’Angoisse by Riad Sattouf
Jewish Comics
- Christie Pits by Jamie Michaels and Doug Fedrau
- Waltz with Bashir, A Lebanon War Story by Ari Folman, & David Polonsky
- A Contract with God by Will Eisner
- Letting it Go by Miriam Katin
- Farm 54 by Galit and Gilad Seliktar
- The Superman Chronicles, Volume 5 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
- Jamilti and Other Stories by Rutu Modan
- In-Between Days by Teva Harrison
- Jewish Comix Anthology Volume 1 edited by Steven M Bergson
- Spaniel Rage by Vanessa Davis
- Anne Frank’s Diary by Anne Frank, adapted by Ari Folman and David Polonsky
- Maus ll And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
- Maus l A Survivor’s Story by Art Spiegelman
- How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by Sarah Glidden
- Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Memoir by Roz Chast
- The Principles of Uncertainty by Maira Kalman