UID:
almafu_9959834899002883
Format:
1 online resource (296 p.) :
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158 color/100 b&w illustrations
ISBN:
9780271091723
Content:
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to its knees. When we weren’t sheltering in place, we were advised to wear masks, wash our hands, and practice social distancing. We watched in horror as medical personnel worked around the clock to care for the sick and dying. Businesses were shuttered, travel stopped, workers were furloughed, and markets dropped. And people continued to die.Amid all this uncertainty, writers and artists from around the world continued to create comics, commenting directly on how individuals, societies, governments, and markets reacted to the worldwide crisis. COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology collects more than sixty such short comics from a diverse set of creators, including indie powerhouses, mainstream artists, Ignatz and Eisner Award winners, and media cartoonists. In narrative styles ranging from realistic to fantastic, they tell stories about adjusting to working from home, homeschooling their kids, missing birthdays and weddings, and being afraid just to leave the house. They probe the failures of government leaders and the social safety net. They dig into the racial bias and systemic inequities that this pandemic helped bring to light. We see what it’s like to get the virus and live to tell about it, or to stand by helplessly as a loved one passes.At times heartbreaking and at others hopeful and humorous, these comics express the anger, anxiety, fear, and bewilderment we feel in the era of COVID-19. Above all, they highlight the power of art and community to help us make sense of a world in crisis, reminding us that we are truly all in this together.The comics in this collection have been generously donated by their creators. A portion of the the proceeds from the sale of this volume are being donated by the publisher to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc) in support of comics shops, bookstores, and their employees who have been adversely affected by the pandemic.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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PREFACE --
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Notes --
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COVID-19 Diary --
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COVID Dawn --
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Ring the Bells --
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Sheltering in Place: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly --
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Morning Commute --
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The Iron Lung in the Enders Lab --
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Past Pandemics --
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Apocalypse of Ignorance --
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Isolation Exercises --
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And This Is How I Leave You --
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Sort of Together & Mostly Apart --
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Hi, Dad. It’s Rivi --
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Eye of the Storm --
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It’s a Laugh a Minute Round Here --
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Meditations --
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Grief Changes --
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Solidarity --
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The Hero in My Heart --
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Lessons Learned --
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Two Weeks’ Notice --
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Quarantine Week 10 --
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Yōkai Parade Presents Amabie! --
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How to Have a Powwow in a Pandemic --
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We didn’t get far… --
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Katie’s Coronavirus Diary! --
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PAW Patrol to the Coronavirus Rescue… --
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Shelter-in-Place Sing --
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If I Was --
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Librarying During a Pandemic --
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Just heading over to a friend’s place for dinner --
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Small Acts --
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Protecting Simmons Base --
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Puzzling Together --
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Ripples --
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Live • Love • Eat --
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This Is My Wartime Haircut --
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Which step are you on? --
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April 11–15, 2020 --
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My New Normal: Rinse & Repeat --
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Epitaph for Myself --
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The Dance of Death --
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State of Emergency --
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Earth Force 2020 --
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Between Two Worlds --
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We made faces instead --
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Seasons of the City --
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The Right to Breathe --
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Pandemic Precarities: An Account from the Intersection of Two Worlds --
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Saying Goodbye --
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Going Viral --
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Eviction --
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Back to Work --
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Mundane Hazards --
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New Model Consultation --
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Self-Care --
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A New Reality --
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New Life --
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What the hell?!?! --
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COVID Hardball: World Leaders Step Up to the Plate --
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, MVP --
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Same --
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Corona Diary --
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Spread Love, Not COVID --
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CONTRIBUTORS --
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Lonely 2020
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780271091723
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780271091723
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780271091723
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