Irmina

In Irmina, Barbara Yelin crafts a quietly devastating graphic novel for Reprodukt (2020–present, one issue) that traces the moral compromises of a young German woman navigating the rise of the Nazi regime. Based on Yelin's own grandmother's letters, the story follows Irmina from her hopeful years in 1930s London to her gradual, unsettling retreat into complicity back in Berlin. Yelin’s expressive, watercolor-tinged art gives the historical period a haunting intimacy, making this a vital, personal meditation on ambition, silence, and the small choices that shape a life under fascism.