Graphic Novels Panel - Live from Latitude 2025

About this episode

A live panel discussion on graphic novels featuring authors Nikesh Shukla and Lewis Hancox, exploring diverse storytelling in comics.

Graphic Novels (NB - Alan Moore calls them comics, so we’re allowed to call them comics) are increasingly becoming a fantastic medium for diverse storytelling. Award-winning author Nikesh Shukla grew up feeling less alone because of Spiderman, and is now the author of the Spiderman: INDIA-SEVA as well as multiple best-selling books including The Good Immigrant and Brown Baby. Lewis Hancox is the author of the acclaimed Welcome to St Hell: My Trans Teens Misadventures and its sequel. They chat with Robin Ince. Recorded in The Cosmic Shambles Forest of Science and Culture at the 2025 Latitude Festival. Support us by signing up at patreon.com/cosmicshambles or treating yourself to something at cosmicshambles.com/shop

People in this episode

Host: Robin Ince

Guests: Nikesh Shukla, Lewis Hancox

Topics covered

• graphic novels
• diverse storytelling
• comics
• trans representation
• live panel

Keywords

• graphic novels
• comics
• Nikesh Shukla
• Lewis Hancox
• Latitude Festival

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Spiderman: INDIA-SEVA, The Good Immigrant, Brown Baby, Welcome to St Hell: My Trans Teens Misadventures, its sequel

Places: The Cosmic Shambles Forest of Science and Culture

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