Leela Corman.

Joining Pornsak Pichetshote on this year’s panel devoted to graphic histories, we are thrilled to welcome painter, educator, and graphic-novel creator, Leela Corman.

Leela Corman works in the realm of diaspora Ashkenazi culture and third-generation restorative work. Her books include Unterzakhn, which was nominated for an Eisner Award, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Le Prix Artémisia; won the 2015 Romics Prize for Best Anglo-American Comic; and received a 2023 MoCCA Arts Festival Award of Excellence, and the short comics collections You Are Not a Guest and We All Wish for Deadly Force. Her work has appeared in many publications, including The Believer, Nautilus, and The Nib. She is a founding instructor at Sequential Artists Workshop and an instructor at Rhode Island School of Design. Her newest book, Victory Parade, will be published in April.