The Late Child and Other Animals

Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger’s The Late Child and Other Animals is a single-issue comic from Fantagraphics (2014–present) that distills a lifetime of raw, poetic introspection into a graphic narrative. Van Cook’s writing and Romberger’s stark, expressive art combine to explore memory, trauma, and the resilience of the human spirit, making this a quietly essential work from an underappreciated creative duo.