Released in 2010 in Spain both in Spanish and Catalan, this graphic novel is based on the experience of story writer Isabel Franc, an established LGBT fiction author, who had to deal with breast cancer in recent years. Illustrated by artist and award-winner Susana Martín, the book tells the story of Alicia and the process she goes to when she discovers she has breast cancer: tumor, surgery, chemo… and all the effects it has on her emotionally and on her day-to-day life.

Alicia’s upbeat personality allows her to turn the different new situations and hard decisions she comes across into …

María and Me (María y Yo, 2007) is a graphic novel by Miguel Gallardo, an award-winning illustrator from Barcelona. In it he recounts his recent journey to the Canary Islands with his his niece María, who happens to be autistic. During the course of the trip, he points out various amusing details about how María sees things and about how people see María. For example, he pokes fun of the foreigners vacationing there, who tan themselves until they become “lobsters”, and says they’re much less “normal” than his niece. Through simple and humorous line drawings, the storytelling is …