‘Reconnecting: A Graphic Novel about Inclusion’ is a project created in collaboration with young people who are telling their own personal stories surrounding either inclusion or exclusion, and how they overcame this.

The young people worked with staff to write their own stories in detail and then brainstormed ideas with us illustrators as to how they want their pages to look like.

Each young person had a specific look they wanted their comic to have, such as the student behind, ‘The VR Tragedy’ wanted their section to feel like a videogame as most of their story takes place in a virtual world. So, to achieve this I used an 8-bit style similar to that from Five Nights at Freddy’s. Whereas the student writing ‘First Day’ wanted a more classic cartoon style representing their story.

‘RECONNECTING: A GRAPHIC NOVEL ABOUT INCLUSION’

Commissioned Project: Dr Iona Murphy / Role: Illustrator / Worked alongside young people for story creation, but created illustrations independently