Raised by Ghosts Leslie Hung Som is lighting the way

Som is lighting the way forward with a stunning blend of mythology

every illustration a part of a larger whole that tells a story in the deft language of cartooning

Benny can’t sleep without his favorite pirate hat—and he left it inside the spooky backyard playhouse

Comics Worth Reading— “When Highsmith encounters the woman who will inspire her touchstone lesbian novel “The Price of Salt” — a goddess in full ’50s feminine drag

Published by Living the Line Books

Raised by Ghosts Leslie Hung Som is lighting the wayBy Briana Loewinsohn. Published by Fantagraphics. Softcover, 224 pages, Colour, 2025 This brilliant YA graphic novel is a love letter to family and all of the messy complexities they come with, from the acclaimed author of Ephemera: A Memoir. Set in the authors own teenage years, Raised By Ghosts begins in 1991 with semi autobiographical Briana in middle school. Classes are a bummer, but lunches are worse; either spent alone, or being teased.