Ali Fitzgerald’s, the 2017 Cornish Fellow, Drawn to Berlin: Comic Workshops in Refugee Shelters and Other Stories from a New Europe (Fantagraphics) has won the gold medal at the IP Awards for Graphic Novel / Drawn Books. Ali works with the record-breaking number of people who are seeking asylum in Berlin, fleeing from countries such as Syria and Afghanistan. Her compassionate and unflinching comics capture the range of depression and hope found in this group.
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