Comics Journalism

Some links to some great short works of graphic non-fiction that are available to read online in full.

This is of course not a complete list! For more, check out this amazing index put together by Lukas Plank: http://comicsjournalism.net

Traditional Reporting:

The journey of Syrian refugees by boat and land to Europe, reported by Alia Malek, illustrated by Josh Neufeld: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/spa/ltexs0t2hep9pzk/Exports/fp_comic/fp_comic.html

Syria’s climate conflict, written by Audry Quinn, drawn by Jackie Roche: http://symboliamag.tumblr.com/post/87016370523/yearsoflivingdangerously-this

Andy Warner on legal weed: http://fusion.net/story/141906/this-is-what-i-grew-up-dreaming-to-do-a-marijuana-grower-gets-ready-for-legal-weed/

Susie Cagle on homelessness solutions: https://aeon.co/essays/best-way-to-solve-homelessness-give-people-homes

Susie Cagle on environmental changes and the Salton Sea: http://grist.org/slideshow/changes-on-the-horizon-for-californias-troubled-salton-sea/

Kazimir Lee Iskander on transgender women in Malaysia: http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/08/07/transgender_in_malaysia_cartoon_about_the_jempol_arrests.html

Gary Rivlin and Jackie Roche on a man’s effort to rebuild his life after hurricane Katrina: https://thenib.com/the-corner-store-after-katrina-abf1d42c6421#.r148r3boc

Lauren Weinstein on caregivers of Alzheimers patients: http://nautil.us/issue/31/stress/invisible-patients-a-caregivers-story

Darryl Holliday and Jamie Hibdon on homelessness in Chicago: http://www.citylab.com/housing/2014/10/illustrated-journalism-drawing-attention-to-chicagos-anti-homeless-measures-with-compartment-13/381954/

Me (Sarah Glidden) on Iraqi refugees in pre-war Syria: http://sarahglidden.com/the-waiting-room-3/

Experiential/on the scene:

Sam Wallman on European detention centers: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/feature/brick-brick-comic-eastern-europes-border-crisis

Kate Evans on Calais migrant camp: http://www.cartoonkate.co.uk/threads-the-calais-cartoon/

Wendy MacNaughton on the San Francisco Public Library: http://wendymacnaughton.com/#portfolio#journalism01

And on the San Francisco Farmer’s Market: http://wendymacnaughton.com/#portfolio#farmer

Sophie Yanow interviews New Hampshire primary voters: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/09/sketches-from-new-hampshire-meeting-the-voters

Ron Wimberly on New Orleans ten years after the flood: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/24/ten-years-after-comic-strip-ronald-wimberly

Chevelin Pierre and Pharès Jerome on post-earthquake Haiti: http://www.cartoonmovement.com/comic/29

Lisa Hanawalt at the New York Toy Fair: http://thehairpin.com/2012/04/the-toy-fair/

Me (Sarah Glidden) on Occupy Miami: http://sarahglidden.com/occupy-miami/

Autobiographical:

Lauren Weinstein on being the potential carrier of a genetic disorder: http://nautil.us/blog/carriers-a-webcomic-on-health-luck-and-life

Ron Wimberly on race in comics: https://thenib.com/lighten-up-4f7f96ca8a7e#.ssq8fycca

Adam Bessie and Josh Neufeld on Adam living with a brain tumor: http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/scanner-constantly

Rebecca Roher on the changes in the body during and after pregnancy: https://thenib.com/mom-body-51fde2bc01f#.pmnh5afc0

Eroyn Franklin on struggling with the scandal of Bikram yoga: https://thenib.com/bikram-addict-242333de3483#.woeek3e1r

Portraits:

Darryl Holliday and E.N. Rodriguez on the mother of a shooting victim in Chicago: http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/grand-crossing-how-to-survive-shooting/Content?oid=11598405

Darryl Holliday on a paralyzed survivor of a shooting: https://thenib.com/life-after-the-second-set-2e2b6e4434dd#.598wv35eg

Benjamin Dix on Somalian refugees resettled in Europe: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/multimedia/meet-the-somalis

Lisa Hanawalt on Wylie Dufresne: http://www.lisahanawalt.com/comics#/wd-50/

History and Current Events Explained:

Andy Warner on Syria: https://medium.com/@andycomics/a-fragile-future-e45f939f52a#.er846e36p

Andy Warner on the invention of the Slinky: https://backchannel.com/how-a-naval-engineer-turned-a-torsion-spring-into-the-slinky-977877664f2d

Andy Warner on 100 years of conflict in Iraq: https://thenib.com/shattered-state-a-history-of-conflict-in-iraq-96a891a1f57f#.j9o4hy429

Julia Wertz on the history of street cleaning in New York City: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-n-y-c-mystery-history-hour-street-cleaning

Julia Wertz on the World’s Fair: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-n-y-c-mystery-history-hour-after-the-new-york-worlds-fair

Alec Longstreth on the history of the Dvorak typing method: http://www.dvzine.org/zine/01-toc.html

Interactive/Multimedia:

Wendy MacNaughton and Amy Standen on winemaking (includes atmospheric audio):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKtpXHWdkEk

Dan Archer on the Nisoor Square Blackwater shootings: http://www.cartoonmovement.com/icomic/11

Augusto Paim, Bruno Ortiz and Mauricio Piccini on the life of a homeless man in Brazil: http://www.cartoonmovement.com/icomic/54

Various artists and writers on a “choose your own adventure” journey of a Syrian refugee: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32057601

Not comics journalism but relevant: Natt Hynh adapts Nam Le’s “The Boat” as an interactive comic: http://www.sbs.com.au/theboat/ 

An interesting use of Instagram for displaying comics journalism from Wendy Macnaughton https://www.instagram.com/p/BSbfJYegEUw/

Comics Journalism Specific Websites/Magazines:

Drawing the Times: http://drawingthetimes.com/

Comics Journalism Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352952334843869/

Symbolia (now defunct) http://symboliamag.tumblr.com/

The Nib (now moving to First Look) https://thenib.com/

Cartoon Movement: http://www.cartoonmovement.com