Leela Corman is an illustrator, cartoonist, and an instructor and performer of Middle Eastern dance. Her most recent graphic novel, Unterzakhn, has been nominated for the L.A. Times Book Award and the Eisner Award.
In an excerpt from the forthcoming graphic novel ‘Victory Parade,’ a Jewish American soldier named Sam Arensberg helps liberate the concentration camp—but the horrors he witnesses haunt his dreams
My grandparents survived the Holocaust and struggled to build a new life in America. How can I, as an artist living a relatively pampered life, honor their memories?