It’s about what happens when “it can’t happen here” does, in fact, happen, and, as such, well - who are we kidding? It’s also something of a cautionary tale that likely couldn’t come at a more appropriate time given the radical authoritarian leanings of prominent world leaders in Brazil, the Philippines, the UK and, most infamously, right here in the US. His story - fragmented by design to emphasize the fractured lives of its sprawling family ensemble - is the story of one extended group of relatives, namely Veasna’s own, but it’s also the story of a country and its descent into fascist brutality. Equal parts historical labor and labor of love, cartoonist Tian Veasna makes the political personal in a way few can match with his new graphic novel Year Of The Rabbit (Drawn+Quarterly, 2020) because, for him, there’s truly no separation between the two.
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