Special Exits: A Graphic Memoir

Joyce Farmer’s Special Exits: A Graphic Memoir, published by Fantagraphics in 2010, is a deeply personal, single-issue work that chronicles the final years of her elderly parents’ lives. Through unflinching yet compassionate storytelling, Farmer captures the quiet dignity and daily struggles of aging, caregiving, and loss. This standalone graphic novel stands as a poignant, intimate tribute, showcasing Farmer’s skill as both writer and artist in a medium that often overlooks the realities of old age.