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Adam Bessie and Peter Glanting’s debut graphic memoir Going Remote: A Teacher’s Journey chronicles the impact of the pandemic on the community college where Bessie teaches and on the lives and education of his students after the suspension of in-person classes and the switch to online teaching. A 16-page excerpt.

Spring is often when publishers take risks, and this season offers plenty to discover, including ambitious debut memoirs from gag cartoonists, weighty topics addressed with frank humor, and edgy sex comedy.

Bessie documents his experience teaching community college during the pandemic while going through treatment for brain cancer in Going Remote (Seven Stories, Mar.), a graphic memoir drawn by Peter Glanting.