DRAWING OUT THE PAST

Difficult – even traumatic – memories can occupy significant space in a person’s experience of life. Sometimes they are suppressed as a form of self-preservations; other times, they may become intrusive and unwanted. Processing those memories and the feelings associated with them can be challenging, but also healing. Some comics artists take on the additional task of reconstructing those memories in autobiographical visual narratives. In this conversation, Natalie Norris (Dear Mini), Karina Shor (Silence, Full Stop) and Erin Williams (Commute) will discuss their experiences revisualizing experiences that may be difficult to remember and discuss, as well as the experience of making those memories legible to others through the comics form. This panel will be moderated by Tahneer Oksman (Marymount Manhattan College).