March 7, 2025
When Carlos was 19, his mother decided to leave her life in El Salvador for a new start in the United States. Unwilling to let his mother go alone, Carlos joined her on the journey north. During their trip through Mexico and into the US, they experienced the risks and fear countless people from Central American countries have faced while migrating to different lands. Ten years later, Carlos shared these memories with his cousin, cartoonist Ernesto Saade. The result is this thoughtful graphic work that goes beyond headlines and statistics to provide a powerful individual account of migration. You’ve […]
April 7, 2023
This honest, engrossing graphic memoir tells the story of professional athlete and activist Akim Aliu’s incredible life as a hockey prodigy in Canada. Akim Aliu — also known as “Dreamer” — is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim’s incredible story, from being the only black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence he often experienced both on and off the ice. This is a gut-wrenching and riveting […]