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Collected queer and trans* comics
Cutes is a collective book of contemporary queer and trans comics that explores the multiple facets of LGBTQIA+ identity through the medium of graphic storytelling. The anthology was co-created by Nour Hifaoui and Joseph Kai of Lebanese comics collective Samandal and artist Nino Bullying in the frame of documenta fifteen. Featuring contributions from Lebanon, Germany, Singapore and beyond, Cutes offers a fresh and deeply personal look at our bodies, emotions and desires.
The book includes short stories by Aki Hassan, Bär Kittelmann, Barrack Rima, Bilge Emir, Joseph Kai, Michel Esselbrügge, Mloukhiyyé Al-Fil, Natyada Tawonsri, Nino Bulling, Nour Hifaoui, Nygel Panasco, Romy Matar, covering a wide array of styles and genres: from hot romance to trans superheroines and meditations on gender and identity. Cutes is a bilingual publication in English and Arabic, addressing the very use of language in comics and the politics of translation