Particle / Wave

by Marnie Galloway

Particle/Wave is a two-part memoir comic about family, identity, grief and the moon. "Particle" chronicles an improvised and failed grieving ritual to mourn an estranged familial relationship, and "Wave" uses the creation of the moon to meditate on pregnancy and new motherhood. Each short comic progresses to a shared center spread; the book can then be flipped around to read the other direction.

24 pages

First published September 1, 2016

About the author

Marnie Galloway is a comic artist and illustrator working in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in Austin, Texas and studied philosophy and symbolic logic at Smith College. She is best known for her three-part wordless comic series In the Sounds and Seas, which won a 2012 Xeric Grant, was nominated for the 2013 LA Times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel, and made the Notable Comics list in Best American Comics 2014. Galloway's comics have appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines, including Saveur Magazine, Cricket Magazine, and the 826CHI Compendium.