Masterful cartoonist, comics maker, editor, designer and publisher, Igort has visited this physical and emotional terrain before in The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks, his harrowing account of the forced starvations imposed by Stalin during the 1930s USSR, most notably in the Ukraine. Here is his personall account of the war Iin Ukraine, aptly sub-titled, "Dispatches from the Ukranian Front."  It takes a hybrid form combining journaling, illustration and comics.

The visuals here have all been created in the service of edited transcriptions of telephone calls from people in Ukraine – and also Russia – providing a blow by blow illustrated accounting of the human costs of the Russian invasion from day one through day one hundred – day by day at first, then week by week – interspersed with relevant historical background that will assist readers with context and enable greater understanding. 

The material is printed in full color – but the colors in which it has been rendered are very muted; almost everything towards the red/brown/black end of the spectrum, as this is very dark stuff.  Reading it now, it once again becomes immediate, and it is hard to believe that over two years have past since the material chronicled here transpired.  Woe, indeed.

Translated from the Italian by Jamie Richards.

hardcover | 168 pages | 7" x 10" | full color

We've posted a gallery of spreads from the book on Tumblr, HERE.

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