Elmer

Gerry Alanguilan’s Elmer is a poignant, standalone graphic novel from Slave Labor Graphics that reimagines a world where chickens have suddenly gained human-level intelligence and consciousness. Through the eyes of its protagonist, a rooster named Elmer, the story explores themes of identity, racism, and family in a society struggling with newfound sentience. Alanguilan’s expressive black-and-white art and deeply humanistic writing make this a quietly essential work of indie comics, meditating on what it means to be "other" in a world that fears change.