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A diverse collection of tales both real and imagined honoring 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.
List of 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
About the author
Editor
Kel McDonald has been working in comics for over a decade—most of that time has been spent on her webcomic
Sorcery 101. More recently, she has organized the
Cautionary Fables and Fairytales anthology series while contributing to other anthologies like
Dark Horse Presents, Smut Peddler, and
Sleep of Reason. She has also worked on
Buffy: The High School Years. She recently finished a creator-owned series,
Misfits of Avalon. She’s currently working on her self-published series,
The City Between. Her work can be found at kelmcdonald.com.
Editor
Andrea Purcell started reading comics to get a boy to like her but discovered that she liked the comics more. Since then, she has gone from working behind the counter at a comic shop to planning national marketing campaigns for a major comics distributor. Andrea is currently the assistant editor at Iron Circus Comics, which is the best job she’s ever had. Follow her on Twitter @IDieClassy to learn more about comics, her cat, and the joys of being married to a writer.
Summary
A diverse collection of tales both real and imagined honoring 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.
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"The editors tackle a huge and daunting subject with aplomb, resulting in a volume that embraces death as a concept with due complexity."— PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred Review
"You Died shows that although there are many different ways to address death, it remains a universal constant and the ultimate relatable experience."— FOREWORD,
"A very powerful collection that aims right for the heart, and is strongly recommended."— CEMETERY DANCE,
