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The artwork in Mis(h)adra by @deltahead_ is phenomenal. Each panel sings or breaks your heart. This is a graphic novel that everyone should definitely check out. .
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If you're not reading Mis(h)adra, stop everything and pick up this beautiful, beautiful graphic novel by @deltahead_

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So I've been having some rough mental health days, but finding and reading this has made them more tolerable. It will be in my #selfcare book rotation from now on. What books to you read when you are having a rough day?
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Genderqueer Arab American author Ata fictionalized their own struggles with illness as a college student, using manga-like art in an impressive, moving #graphicnovel. In an interview with Comics Journal, Ata explains that misadra means “I can‘t “ and mishadra means “seizure” in their family‘s Arabic dialect. #LGBTQ

The visuals in this graphic novel are compelling. What the author is portraying is a unique form of non-convulsive epilepsy (CPSE) that is often described as a long-lasting dreamlike state. As I read, I was often reminded of the equally unusual way that David B portrayed illness in Epileptic.

First up on Claire's Pancake House Roadtrip:

"Isaac wants nothing more than to be a functional college student -- but managing his epilepsy is an exhausting battle to survive. He attempts to maintain a balancing act between his seizure triggers and his day-to-day schedule, but he finds that nothing--not even his medication--seems to work." (see listing for second half of synopsis)

Based on author's own experience with epilepsy. Art looks A+!

#bookandboardgame Telling the story of a college student with epilepsy, this brought tears to my eyes. #comics #recommendation

Misadra - Arabic for seizure
Mishadra - Arabic for “I can‘t”
Mis(h)adra - the physical and mental struggle of a queer, Arab-American college student to make it through each day without triggering an epileptic seizure. He loses friends, falls behind in school, and is disbelieved by his doctors and parents. A scary true story (based on the author‘s epilepsy) about what toll it can take to be different in a way people don‘t understand.

(ARC is printed in black and white, but the actual hardcover is in a bright color palette of neons and looks very pretty. I‘m sure the color version is easier to follow because the art was designed for it, and gets abstract with some psychedelic visual depictions of a seizure experience.)