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Article: Comics from the Heart of History

Posted: April 29, 2014

The non-fiction graphic novel can make difficult histories approachable and unforgettable. In the follow-up to their 2012 Costa Biography Award-winning Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes, Mary and Bryan Talbot join artist Kate Charlesworth on Sally Heathcote Suffragette (Jonathan Cape, £16.99), launching at The British Library’s exhibition Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK on May 2nd with an interview with The Observer‘s Rachel Cooke and premiere screening of the documentary about Bryan Talbot, Graphic Novel Man. While the three co-creators have grounded their account in thorough research and annotations, the Talbots choose to humanise the struggle for women to be granted the vote by showing key events from 1905 to 1916 through fictional eyes. Read my latest PG Tips reviews here… and watch the Talbot movie trailer here…