Category Archives: Migration in Visual Narratives

Voyeuristic Curiosity: Thoughts on Safdar Ahmed’s “Villawood”

Posted on 17. December 2022 by campbellr

Safdar Ahmed’s Villawood: Notes from an Immigration Detention Center depicts the treatment of immigrants in Australian detention center, Villawood. Through his webcomic, Ahmed shares the stories of several refugees while also showcasing the center’s cruel conditions and unfair treatment of … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the Wordless Graphic Novel The Arrival by Shaun Tan

Posted on 14. December 2022 by australianfantastic

by Johanna E. “My picture books are essentially an attempt to subversively reimagine everyday experience,” Shaun Tan says about his own work (Haber 23). His graphic novel The Arrival (2006) is a clear example for Tan’s usage of fantastic element … Continue reading →

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My Impressions and Review of Trung Le Nguyen’s The Magic Fish

Posted on 29. November 2022 by anneschu

by Anne Schulzki I decided to read Trung Le Nguyen’s The Magic Fish for week 5 of the class ‘Migration in Visual Narratives’, in which we talked about Migration in Digital Narratives / Vietnamese Refugee Tales in Graphic Novels. Impressions … Continue reading →

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