Dancing With the Sheyd

by Rotem Anna Diamant

Part memoir, part folklore, part pop culture parable, this beautifully hand drawn graphic novel from Rotem Anna Diamant takes the reader on a journey through growing up Jewish in Winnipeg while being haunted by the ghosts of the past.

264 pages, Paperback

First published June 6, 2026

About the author

Rotem (or Ro) is a queer Jewish multidisciplinary artist and librarian who creates comics focused on themes of identity, often conveying experiences and ideas using elements of the surreal and magical. In 2018, they founded Canada Comics Open Library, and they maintain the Canadian Cartoonists Database. They run a distro/bookshop called Lost Doll. Their first graphic novel Dancing With the Sheyd came out with Inservice Comics in June, 2026.