Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories: A Graphic Novel, a collaboration with the Homalco First Nation, Education without Borders (EwB),and the UBC Comic Studies Cluster was recently featured on the chek+ platform in an episode of their Our Native Land series. You can watch the episode here!
This graphic novel is the result of the UBC Comics Studies Cluster’s “Remember Comics Project,” which commissioned three Indigenous cartoonists to visualize Homalco storytelling traditions and land-based knowledge.
Any individual or organization interested in purchasing the book is asked to reach out to the Homalco First Nation directly: heroes@homalco.com.
This project was co-funded by the Education without Borders, UBC Comics Studies Cluster, the Narratives Group in the UBC Centre for Migration Studies, the UBC Community Engagement Office, and the UBC Public Humanities Hub.