Dr Nicola Streeten

Billy, Me & You: A Memoir of Grief and Recovery

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Produktbeschreibung

A moving, surprisingly funny, and inspiring graphic memoir by a woman who lost her two-year-old son after heart surgery, Billy, Me & You is a bracing and memorable account of recovery after bereavement.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Myriad Editions
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780956559944
• ISBN-10: 0956559948
• Artikelnr.: 33677288

Autorenporträt

Dr Nicola Streeten is an anthropologist-turned-illustrator and comics scholar. She is the author of Billy, Me & You, an acclaimed graphic memoir about her bereavement following the death of her two-year-old son which received Highly Commended in the Popular Medicine category of the 2012 British Medical Association Medical Book Awards. In 2017 Nicola completed an Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded PhD from the University of Sussex. Her research on UK Feminist Cartoons and Comics from the 1970s informed her contribution as co-editor with Cath Tate to The Inking Woman. Offering a 250 year illustrated history of women¿s cartooning in the UK, this is complemented by Nicoläs award-winning theoretical publication UK Feminist Cartoons and Comics: A Critical Survey. In April 2020 Nicola was awarded an Arts Council England Emergency Response Grant for Individuals to support her practice during COVID-19. One element of this is the launch of Dr Nicola Streeten YouTube channel where her series of monthly illustrated talks are hosted, based on her research and book. Nicola is Director of LDComics (est 2009 as Laydeez do Comics) a women creator-led forum welcoming all in promoting and celebrating comics works with a focus on the everyday. She continues to post weekly cartoons and newsletter and blog updates.