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Longform 2025: An Anthology of Graphic Narratives
320 pages, Paperback
Published December 23, 2025
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August 26, 2025
This anthology is visually appealing cover to cover, the art is really well done, it changes focusing on the regional elements of each story and manages to stay synchronous throughout the book.
Now, I really really wanted to give this one a better rating, but the stories don't touch on any new themes that haven't already been done over and over, and for the most part of it it doesn't add anything different either—despite that being the point made in the introduction.
Some short stories are great, funny, I really liked "We Can't Hear You", which is a satire on online meetings, zoom calls, corporate settings all in all. I also liked that the stories were from various regions, and the art did justice to the culture. But more or less that was it, the rest of the stories were pretty dense, which more or less are like the PoV reels we come across on Instagram. There was a particular short story which had heavy references to George Orwell, which basically ended up consuming the matter of the narrative. It could have been done a lot better, but ended up just a farce of how the author was writing about a region they were from and had clearly read Orwell and was trying to hard to show it off.
Overall, it’s a beautifully produced anthology, but one that doesn’t fully deliver on the freshness it promises. Worth flipping through for the art and a few standout stories. If I was rating it only based on the illustrations, I would have rated it a 5 star. But this will have to do.
Now, I really really wanted to give this one a better rating, but the stories don't touch on any new themes that haven't already been done over and over, and for the most part of it it doesn't add anything different either—despite that being the point made in the introduction.
Some short stories are great, funny, I really liked "We Can't Hear You", which is a satire on online meetings, zoom calls, corporate settings all in all. I also liked that the stories were from various regions, and the art did justice to the culture. But more or less that was it, the rest of the stories were pretty dense, which more or less are like the PoV reels we come across on Instagram. There was a particular short story which had heavy references to George Orwell, which basically ended up consuming the matter of the narrative. It could have been done a lot better, but ended up just a farce of how the author was writing about a region they were from and had clearly read Orwell and was trying to hard to show it off.
Overall, it’s a beautifully produced anthology, but one that doesn’t fully deliver on the freshness it promises. Worth flipping through for the art and a few standout stories. If I was rating it only based on the illustrations, I would have rated it a 5 star. But this will have to do.
Review of advance copy
This turned out to be a good read. You are served with one delight from around different aspects, places, backgrounds, cultures, thoughts of India. And so, you end up having a variety of delights from all over - each with a unique voice, unique narrative and unique artwork, spanning from less than 5 pages to 20+ pages long, covering various themes.
But as with food, one cannot end up loving all that is served (in case they do, it would be a rare event). So as per your own tasemte, exposure, reading habit, taste of artwork you get to enjoy some really good delights and plough through some average ones and sulk at few poor ones.
Such a graphic anthology is a welcome experience. I am currently in hunt for the previous editions of Longform, but finding it difficult to find them. Hopefully I will manage to.
My favourite delights from the Anthology:
Grief
Resorts to Ruins
My conversation with God
Earworm
The laws of the Ancients
An Elegy (breathtaking artwork)
Untitled
But as with food, one cannot end up loving all that is served (in case they do, it would be a rare event). So as per your own tasemte, exposure, reading habit, taste of artwork you get to enjoy some really good delights and plough through some average ones and sulk at few poor ones.
Such a graphic anthology is a welcome experience. I am currently in hunt for the previous editions of Longform, but finding it difficult to find them. Hopefully I will manage to.
My favourite delights from the Anthology:
Grief
Resorts to Ruins
My conversation with God
Earworm
The laws of the Ancients
An Elegy (breathtaking artwork)
Untitled
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