All Is Not Well

Front cover of All Is Not Well comic book anthology

I've just heard today that All Is Not Well - Comics About Care is now available. I worked with one of the editors Dr Ryan Prout of Cardiff University to create a comic for this collection. Our collaboration was called 'Do Not Pass Go' and explored issues around, and cause of homelessness with historical and current day references to Monopoly. I was privileged to be invited to contribute to the publication and to work with Ryan.

I've not seen a copy as yet - but I'm sure it's really great. I have seen some of the wonderful comics created for it over the last few years and they are wonderful.

It's now available via this LINK

As yet I'm unsure if it will be available via any other platforms - but I'm hoping I can get a copy into the library at the Workers Gallery so it can be shared there.

The link refers to me as a contributor and links to other books by 'Gayle Rogers' but that Gayle is not me - he is a writer from the USA. We get mixed up from time to time but he is properly famous author so I feel like an accidental imposter! I'll try and get the link corrected.

Blurb about the book via the link says it better than I could so:

All Is Not Well presents 20 new graphic stories and Q&As about caregiving, homelessness, and disability – drawn from the comic creators’ own experiences, or inspired by real people working in care.

For a brief moment between 2020-2022, the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, caregivers were afforded public recognition: among the many rainbows and ‘NHS worker’ stickers were green Carer badges. Homelessness, too, was also visibly addressed, by making it illegal not to stay at home. Of course, without political will, the green badges are scarcely remembered now, and the housing problems are worse than ever. Yet mainstream media seems utterly oblivious to the issues that still remain.

Curated by Jonathan Clode and Ryan Prout of Cardiff University, this anthology, bulging with comic-making talent, sheds a much-needed spotlight on those who need care, and also the committed, usually overworked, and always underpaid caregivers in our communities.

All is still not well… and might be worse.

It's always exciting seeing your work go out into the world!