memoir

February 14, 2025

The Role We Play

A young person with light skin and short, dark hair looks at tropical fish in an aquarium.

January 23, 2025

A Richer Picture

A child sitting in a chair as a doctor looks over her shoulder.

January 15, 2025

Never Enough

a Kalmyk mother and two children looking worried at two partially seen people in military uniform. It is snowing and the family is bundled up and carrying their belongings.

December 27, 2024

Operation Ulusy

Cover of a 10-page comic shows a red and black service dog vest with a paw-shaped patch and the text “WORKING LIKE A DOG by Yifan Luo” on the side of the vest. Various business cards are strewn about around the vest: one with a Bloodhound sniffing grass, labeled “Mrs.T-RUFF-le”; one with a Bull Terrier in a suit and sunglasses, labeled “REX, P.I., former K-9, discreet, very good boy” with a magnifying glass in the corner; one with a Golden Retriever with a dignified expression, labeled, “Angelo, Diabetes Alert Dog” with a yellow starburst shape that reads, “Accepts treats and kibble (preferably both)”; and one with a Bernese Mountain Dog wearing a bandana with a bone pattern, labeled “Bernie Hauling & more!”

November 25, 2024

Working Like a Dog

Two panels of a comic. The first panel 2 is dark, a frantic scribble of black on black. The second panel's caption reads “I couldn't move.”

November 15, 2024

The Accident

The huge ominous jaws with jagged teeth, like the mouth of a creature or a bear trap. A hand reaches through the huge jaws to put a ballot in a voting box labeled

October 31, 2024

I didn’t feel like I lived in America until I left California

The word

October 28, 2024

Going Gluten Free

A woman throws away a backless disposable hospital gown.

October 10, 2024

How I Learned to Say “No” At the Doctor’s Office

An excerpt of the comic features a person saying is that baby black?

September 30, 2024

Skin

September 11, 2024

Pride and Pelicans

Two friends talk in an anxious way against a background of sunrise over a forest fire.

Where There’s Smoke

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