Full Description
"Embraces death as a concept with due complexity." — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred Review
"A very powerful collection that aims right for the heart, and is strongly recommended." — CEMETERY DANCE,
Death — the one aspect of life we all have in common — is waiting for everyone, yet our practices, beliefs, myths, and stories about it are as diverse as we are. YOU DIED celebrates these vibrant cultural expressions of the great equalizer in a thrilling, life-affirming whirlwind of a book, an inspirational volume to be treasured through times of both loss and abundance (and every day in between).
At turns both brazen and insightful, morose and optimistic, YOU DIED asks a wide array of cartoonist newbloods and all-stars to relate their most unforgettable tales of death and what comes next. Filled with beautifully illustrated accounts of grief and mourning, ancient myths, memorial rites around the globe, afterlife in the far reaches of space, and the simple and touching ways both the living and the dead carry on, this lively collection starts a comforting and much-needed dialogue about death as a natural part of life.
Featuring an introduction by death positivity movement pioneer and activist mortician CAITLIN DOUGHTY and a murderer's row of comics talent including RAINA TELGEMEIER, SHAE BEAGLE, and LISA STERLE.
Contents
What Eats Us — Letty Wilson
Ghost Friend — Oliver Northwood
Inanna's Descent to the Underworld — Ahueonao
Peat, Bone, Oak — Laura Ketcham
Remember — SE Case
Good Mourning — Karoline Grønvik
Beyond the Cosmos — James Maddox & Jeremy Lawson
All Souls' Day — Danielle Chuatico
The Spark Divine — Sally Cantirino & Jordan Alsaqa
Herd — Shae Beagle
First Law — M.Cat.White
Agnes and Patsy — Holly Adkins
Here Among the Chrysanthemums — Luyi Bennett
The Last Wreath — Juliette GMM López
Oakeri — James F. Wright & Jackie Crofts
Still Life — Ale Green & Fanny Rodriguez
Many Happy Returns! — Rhandi Fisher
Third Option — A. "Miru" Lee
Funeral in Foam — Casey Gilly & Raina Telgemeier
The Ankou — Isabelle Melançon & Megan Lavey-Heaton
You Called to Me — Nadia Shammas & Lisa Sterle
I Promise — A. Shinozaki & Cheryl Young
Hive Mind — Dani Colman & Maddie Kathleen
Bone Ink — Grace P. Fong & Rhiannon Rasmussen
