Comics have long been more than just entertainment: They can be a medium of remembrance, criticism and testimony all at once. Since the Russian attack on Ukraine, artists from all over the world have taken to pen and paper to make the incomprehensible visible.
Svitlana Pidoprygora explores how documentary comics shape public understanding of the Russian invasion in #Ukraine worldwide 
TRAFO – Blog for Transregional ResearchUkraine and Ukrainians in the Panels: Global Comics Perspectives on the WarBy Svitlana Pidoprygora. Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014 and the subsequent full-scale invasion in 2022 have brought Ukrainian issues to international headlines and sparked extensive reflections in various genres of fiction and non-fiction, with documentary comics and graphic reportages being no exception. International authors bring varied perspectives to Ukrainian historical and contemporary issues, striving to explain to their audience what is happening right now – why there is war, why the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine. I am focusing on arguably the most significant documentary comics that emerged after the beginning of the full-scale invasion and primarily focus on depicting the war experience. In this essay, I will delve into several key aspects of how these comics depict Russia’s war against Ukraine.
