This is an excerpt from Return by Niki Bañados, out with GOOD Comics.
‘We meet at various points in the great swathes of the past that neither of us were alive to witness.’
Allen Bratton on a daytrip to a castle with his older boyfriend.
‘Listening to three white poets, whom I suspect are academics, talk about the state of poetry.’
Oluwaseun Olayiwola eavesdrops on an older generation.
‘I’d been dubious about his company at first.’
Sarah Moss on watching Shakespeare with her twelve-year-old son.
‘She didn’t trust us because, to her, tenants were like children.’
Kate Zambreno on negotiating with her older landlady.
‘A moment now swallowed in embarrassment, I asked a question only a young person might ask an older one.’
Lynne Tillman on trying to understand what makes a generation.
Niki Bañados is a comic book artist and graphic designer. In 2019, she was awarded the Laydeez do Comics Prize. Her work focuses on sustainability, biodiversity and environmental well-being.
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Lee Lai on the function of page and panel in comics.
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