Talking to My Father’s Ghost: an Almost True Story

Is it possible for a relationship to continue beyond death?

Cartoonist Alex Krokus created this graphic memoir that covers the year following the death of his father.  Interrelated vignettes portray significant memories and conversations between Alex and his mother, brother, and extended family as he comes to terms with his grief.  Most poignant are imagined conversations in which Alex bares his true self to his father.  

Written with warmth and illustrated with a soft pastel palette, Talking to My Father’s Ghost joins graphic memoirs Relish by Lucy Knisley and Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder as reflections on child and parent relationships.