Still Alive: Graphic Reportage from Australia's Immigration Detention System #[nn]

Safdar Ahmed's Still Alive is a work of graphic journalism that confronts one of Australia's most troubling ongoing realities — the human cost of its immigration detention system. The cover, rendered by Ahmed in striking high-contrast black and white, depicts huddled figures sheltered beneath a looming, watchful presence, the woodcut-like linework conveying both vulnerability and defiance. This 2022 Fantagraphics release makes clear from its very first impression that Ahmed brings both artistic rigor and moral seriousness to a subject that demands exactly that.