Talking to Myself
October 25th, 2024 | by Sacha Mardou
Parenting is so different now that my kid is almost 15 years old
About Sacha Mardou
Sacha Mardou
Sacha Mardou is a cartoonist and long-form graphic novelist who lives in St Louis, Missouri with her family. She began making mini-comics after getting her BA in English Literature from the University of Wales in 1998. Working in both fiction and autobiography, Mardou’s comics explore interior experiences such as mental illness, emotional dynamics within families and healing from trauma. Her latest book is Past Tense: Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy (Avery, October 2024)
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Author Archives: Sacha Mardou
Holding Tight
June 15th, 2020 | by Sacha Mardou
I didn't realize my daughter was feeling all this anxiety
Breathe, Memory
April 16th, 2020 | by Sacha Mardou
There's a meditation I keep returning to... and for me, it's always this day, the day my daughter was born
Freaking Homeschool
March 26th, 2020 | by Sacha Mardou
How many kids are living through their unhappy childhoods right now, having lost their safe space?
When My Kid Gets Anxious, I Find That I Have to Calm Myself
March 17th, 2020 | by Sacha Mardou
When my daughter is anxious, I find I have to calm myself. The uncertainty is real. But can I stay present and compassionate in this time of crisis?
This Will Make You Uncomfortable
January 31st, 2020 | by Sacha Mardou
How do we teach setting boundaries in a society that always wants girls to play "nice?" Comics by Sacha Mardou from her therapy comics series.
Someday, My Witch Will Come: Comics
May 9th, 2018 | by Sacha Mardou
According to journalistic science, women are likelier to go though a midlife crisis earlier than men, between the ages of
THE STATE I’M IN: A Birth Story in Comics by Sacha Mardou, PART II
December 11th, 2015 | by Sacha Mardou
This is my story of navigating the messy, flawed, American healthcare system to having a low-key, British-style hospital birth. I’d
THE STATE I’M IN: A Birth Story in Comics by Sacha Mardou, Part I
December 4th, 2015 | by Sacha Mardou
This comic is about the most stressful nine months of my life, which in a way, turned out to be