Poppies of Iraq Mike S. Redmond When I was 12 I

When I was 12 I almost got kicked out from school for distributing my comics about our teachers being dumb

books about young love and struggling to figure out what it means

” —Craig Thompson

Initially sceptical

Poppies of Iraq Mike S. Redmond When I was 12 IBy Brigitte Findakly & Lewis Trondheim. Published by Drawn & Quarterly. Hardcover, 112 pages, Colour, 2017. A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF AN IRAQI CHILDHOOD Poppies of Iraq is Brigitte Findaklys nuanced tender chronicle of her relationship with her homeland Iraq, co written and drawn by her husband, the acclaimed cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. In spare and elegant detail, they share memories of her middle class childhood touching on cultural practices, the