Aurora Borealice
Joan Steacy, Conundrum Press
A functional illiterate teaches us the value of education, and the flaws of the schooling system, in this heartful graphic memoir — and man, are we here for it. Looking back on her life in the ’70s through alter-ego Alice, author Joan Steacy gives us a witty lesson in perseverance and triumph over the education system, with beautiful cartooning to boot.