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Books using the visual-verbal strategies of graphic narrative are being increasingly recognised alongside traditional prose novels and narrative non-fiction.

Sam Wallman and Eloise Grills are both well known and much loved in the Australian comics scene. Their respective new books, Our Members Be Unlimited (Scribe) and big beautiful female theory (Affirm Press) mark the first time with a mainstream publis

Two radically inventive new works of Australian graphic nonfiction dig deep into 21st-century life. They balance critique with hopeful possibilities – of collective change and radical acceptance.

When the Melbourne-based couple began their IVF journey in 2011, they couldn’t find any non-jargonistic literature. “The process is shockingly void of any proper communication, counselling or insight into how it affects the broader nature of your life – it’s a purely medical approach,” Kelly Jackson tells Guardian Australia. “We thought it’d be great if there was a more accessible book that could help us communicate with each other and understand the process. ...