Opinion: Beyond the coronavirus: Our new normal, illustrated

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Sylvia Nickerson is a comics artist, writer and illustrator who lives in Hamilton. Here, she chronicles how the pandemic has changed our world, in ways that inspire both anxiety and hope

Sylvia Nickerson

Special to The Globe and Mail

Published June 5, 2020

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New realities

New concerns

New hopes

New priorities

New consequences

New fears

About the artist

Last month, Sylvia Nickerson won the Doug Wright Award for emerging talent for her book Creation (2019, Drawn & Quarterly, $24.95). Creation is a graphic novel about gentrification, parenthood and the stratification of life in Hamilton. One of the best books of 2019 according to the CBC and Panel Patter, Wired called it “dreamy, sprawling, meditative." Her work was included in the exhibition This Is Serious: Canadian Indie Comics at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, where she is currently artist-in-residence. Her focus is storytelling in community arts and writing comics examining parenthood, gender identity, social class and religion.