Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK

Author of The English GI: A World War II Graphic Memoir. 🖊️✨
Aficionado of graphic novels, memoirs, & comics. 📚🎨
Exploring history through art and comics

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

Fabulous review by @DavidMarkHerman of The English GI: World War II Graphic Memoir in today's Jewish Chronicle. All the more poignant as my grandfather was a huge admirer and supporter of David's late father, the painter, Joseph Herman. @JewishChron. https://t.co/BPlOtk7fBo

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

New interview: Matthew Dooley: The Quiet Art of Comedy in Graphic Novels
We talk Flake, legendary Canadian cartoonist Seth, Jonathan Cape, traditional drawing and why handmade art matters in the age of AI. https://t.co/obeZrdtyrO

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

To mark my Substackiversary, I’m sharing a travelogue from my recent trip to Switzerland 🇨🇭 https://t.co/BxnGKm1ka4

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

New on GraphicMEMOIRBlog: I spoke with Chris Fink about Breakthrough: Life on the Brink https://t.co/ADwe0LArvu

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

81 years after Hiroshima, I’m sharing my interview with Jonathan Fetter-Vorm about Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb.
https://t.co/6odMPLFiOu

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

From Cold War espionage to the 1967 koro epidemic, Singaporean writer & graphic novelist Felix Cheong discusses uncovering forgotten history through comics,
Read the interview:
https://t.co/uQvgMzeImS

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

Perfect timing! This week's New Yorker cover is by Eric Drooker.

I recently caught up with him to discuss Naked City, his decades creating covers for The New Yorker,

Read the interview:
https://t.co/iYxF8hr5IT

[Chris O'Connor🔸 @cpoconnor87]

I gave a few things a plug on the last podcast if anyone would like to support💙💛

First is the graphic novel, The Life And Soul, dealing with male suicide which I hope to complete & give free copies out to community centres, sports clubs etc. More info: https://t.co/2Nsxn7wKPe

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

@LucBernard The greens are stupid.

[Marc Goldberg @MarcGoldberg111]

I've just been in Haifa, spent most of my five days there at the university. I haven't seen a space quite so happily diverse before. The students, many Muslim, many Arab, many Jewish just seemed to be getting on with...studying.

It was a world away from the fallacies perpetuated by know nothing populists.
https://t.co/9nxVjHQUmA

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

I spoke with iconic artist & @NewYorker cover illustrator Eric Drooker about Naked City, class, and staying true to your vision.

"Success is something every artist has to define for themselves."

Read the full interview 🎨👇 https://t.co/iYxF8hr5IT

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

📚 New interview with Kelsey Ervick on The Keeper, Field Guide to Graphic Literature, and the changing boundaries of comics and graphic memoir.

🔗 Read here:
https://t.co/XBnf9qG6DU

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

A different post this week.

I travelled to Latvia to retrace my family's roots—after publishing The English GI. It changed how I think about graphic memoir, memory and place.

https://t.co/dWKnluGKRd

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

NEW: I spoke with @YolantaGawlik about Henryk's Escape—a powerful WWII graphic memoir based on her father's seven-week escape from a German forced labour camp in occupied Poland.

Read the interview:
https://t.co/oHABITjb8q
#GraphicMemoir #WWII #Comics #History

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

@Shelly_Sanders Thanks for sharing. Will read

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

From Will Eisner's WWII work for the US Army to 250+ pieces of original art by Hergé, Uderzo, Franquin, Bushmiller, Hugo Pratt and more, a wonderful day exploring comics in Paris. https://t.co/8UEcifSshk

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

From Will Eisner's WWII work for the US Army to 250+ pieces of original art by Hergé, Uderzo, Franquin, Bushmiller, Hugo Pratt and more, a wonderful day exploring comics in Paris. https://t.co/8UEcifSshk

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

From Tokyo Rose to Operation Pedro Pan.
I interviewed graphic novelist Andre Frattino about We Are Pan, Cuban exile, historical storytelling, and the changing nature of graphic novels.

Read here:
https://t.co/EArPrLfMwI

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

I knew almost nothing about Latvian comics before visiting Riga. A coffee with cartoonist Jurijs Tatarkins became a fascinating introduction to Kuš! Comics, Unrest, and a small post-Soviet comics scene with global reach.

https://t.co/w1XWWPj2ys

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

I recently interviewed Paul Gravett about Queer as Comics at the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration in London.

A conversation about curation, discovery, and the power of comics.

https://t.co/mMS0mMG9Bt

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

Despite the Eurostar delays, I managed some comics tourism in a very hot Paris (36°C).

Visited La Bande Dessinée at La Monnaie de Paris (Eisner, Caniff, Chaland, Pratt, Bushmiller and more) and Les Guerres d'Eisner at La Contemporaine Nanterre.

on the GraphicMEMOIRBlog soon.