Bayou Arcana

Bayou Arcana
First edition
AuthorVarious Male Writers, Various Female Artists
LanguageEnglish
GenreHorror Fiction, Southern Gothic
PublisherMarkosia
Publication date
2012
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages128
ISBN978-1-905692-75-0

Bayou Arcana: Songs of Loss and Redemption is a graphic novel anthology of 11 stories created by a team of male writers and female artists,[1] first published in 2012. It draws heavily on the United States' 'Southern Gothic' tradition of mysticism in both the storytelling themes and visual art.[2] Much of the stories' content is also related to cultural issues of oppression and retribution in the context of the history of the Southern United States

Stories

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  • The Tale of Ol’ Mercy - story: Jimmy Pearson, art: Valia Kapadai (10 pages)
  • Comfort and Joy - story: Darren Ellis, art: Davina Unwin (11 pages)
  • Irons in the Fire - story: Corey Brotherson, art: Jennie Gyllblad (11 pages)
  • True Reflections - story: Steve Tanner, art: Alex Thompson (10 pages)
  • Tohopoka - story: Alexi Conman, art: Vicky Stonebridge (12 pages)
  • Promises - story: Matt Gibbs, art: Sara Dunkerton (6 pages)
  • Small World - story: Matthew Craig, art: Dani Abram (14 pages)
  • Grinder Blues - story: Jimmy Pearson, art: Lynsey Hutchinson (11 pages)
  • Swamp Pussy and the Hanged Man – story: Cy Dethan, art: Nic Wilkinson (12 pages)
  • Six Bullets - story: Jimmy Pearson, art: Patricia Echavarri-Riego (12 pages)
  • The ‘Skeeter - story: Jimmy Pearson, art: Jenny Clements (12 pages)

Themes

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Bayou Arcana is an attempt to increase gender equality in the comic industry. According to The Guardian, "The anthology is the product an experiment that brings together an all-female team of artists with an all-male team of writers and it is an illustration of how a new generation of female artists and readers is radically changing the face of comics."[3]

5 of the artists, and 3 of the writers will be attending the Kapow 2012 comic convention as members of an interview panel[4] which has been commented on by the press as another positive step for women in the comic industry.[5]

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