{"product_id":"9781419769276","title":"Making Nonfiction Comics: A Guide for Graphic Narrative","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e: Sarah \"Shay\" Mirk (she\/they) is a graphic journalist, editor, and teacher. She is the author of Guantanamo Voices (Abrams ComicArts, 2020), which received a starred Kirkus review and was named a Best Book of 2020 by the New York Times . They were a contributing editor at graphic journalism website the Nib , where they wrote and edited nonfiction comics, including Be Gay Do Comics , which won the 2020 Ignatz for Best Anthology. They also cowrote the investigative comics series In\/Vulnerable , illustrated by Thi Bui, which won an RFK Human Rights Award for Journalism in 2021. She resides in Portland, Oregon. Eleri Harris (she\/her) is an Eisner Award-winning cartoonist, journalist and editor working on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country in Canberra, Australia. For a decade she was features editor at the Nib , where her work received an Eisner Award, two Ignatz Awards, a Ringo Award, and two Comic Art Awards of Australia. Eleri is the author of the children's book A Loo of One's Own: The Mostly True Story of Australia's First Female Parliamentarians (Allen \u0026amp; Unwin 2025). She loves drawing tiny pictures in her studio at Gorman House Arts Centre, nerding out over fancy drawings and building sweet comics communities. Review Quotes : \"Full of sound advice and brimming over with energy, humor, and passion, this will make an indispensable addition to the bookshelves of comics creatives of all stripes.\" -- \"Publishers Weekly, Starred Review\" Review Quotes : \"Making Nonfiction Comics is the best \"how to\" I've ever read about the form, and in my mind the only primer that exists for ethical graphic reporting.\" -- \"Portland Mercury\" Review Quotes : \"Far from being a book with niche interest (aspiring and current cartoonists), this will inspire anyone with a vested interest in how creative nonfiction is made and why it so thoroughly captures our limited attention.\" -- \"Booklist, starred review\" Review Quotes : \"It is absolutely essential reading, claiming a spot next to Understanding Comics on everyone's shelves.\" --Nate Powell, National Book Award--winning artist of March and Save It for Later Review Quotes : \"Eleri Harris and Shay Mirk's soon-to-be indispensable guide to nonfiction comics is a triumph of metanarrative that both adores and articulates how the intertwining of reporting, writing, and drawing elevates those media into something powerful, exciting, and relevant.\" --Hari Raj \"Washington Post\" Review Quotes : \"In distilling years of experience interviewing, researching, reporting, editing, writing, and drawing, Eleri Harris and Shay Mirk have created an instant classic--an unprecedented, accessible, passionate, and beautiful guide to visual storytelling. Making Nonfiction Comics does not just set the bar for its subject matter; it expands the sense of what's possible in the medium itself and invites everyone to join in.\" --Jason Lutes, author of Berlin Review Quotes : \"An indispensable resource, put together with a lot of love by the two best people imaginable to do that. Just jam-packed with useful information for someone looking into nonfiction comics, anyone needing a refresher, or even an old hand.\" --Mattie Lubchansky, author of Boys Weekend Review Quotes : \"I learned so much from this book! Making Nonfiction Comics is packed with pro tips, expert interviews, and, best of all, drawings! Any comics artist, from beginner to seasoned professional, will be glad to have this on their shelf to reference for years to come!\" --Aubrey Hirsch, author of Graphic Rage Review Quotes : \"An insightful and inspiring how-to on the power everyone has to create comics about our world. When it comes to making nonfiction comics, Harris and Mirk are the best of the best. We need comics now more than ever!\" --Matt Bors, founder of The Nib Publisher Marketing : The definitive guide to writing, drawing, and publishing nonfiction comics from award-winning creators Shay Mirk and Eleri Harris--\"absolutely essential reading\" (Nate Powell) Making Nonfiction Comics is an accessible guide to nonfiction comics perfect for graphic novel readers, writers, and of course, aspiring comics artists. This new classic is a must-have for readers of Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics and Lynda Barry's Making Comics . Sarah Shay Mirk and Eleri Mai Harris, award-winning graphic journalists and longtime editors of the critically acclaimed graphic journalism site the Nib , have compiled the perfect field guide to graphic journalism while showcasing valuable skills and practices for creating nonfiction comics. Mixing comics, prose, infographics, illustrations, and interviews with some of the world's most influential nonfiction comics creators, Harris and Mirk introduce readers to nonfiction visual stories while also articulating the standards and ethics around blending traditional journalism with the visual language of comics. Featuring contributions from Derf Backderf, Box Brown, Thi Bui, Nicole Georges, Malaka Gharib, Nate Powell, Kristen Radtke, Victoria Ying, and more. Review Citations: Booklist 11\/01\/2025 (EAN 9781419769276, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Publishers Weekly 11\/17\/2025 (EAN 9781419769276, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 12\/01\/2025 pg. 75 (EAN 9781419769276, Hardcover) Contributor Bio: Mirk, Shay Sarah Sarah Mirk is a multimedia journalist whose work focuses on telling nuanced, human-focused stories. She is an editor of The Nib and the former online editor of national feminism and pop-culture magazine Bitch Media. 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