Description
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas is a visual artist, storyteller and public speaker. Raised on Haida Gwaii, he melds cultural hybridity and his political experiences as an Indigenous person with contemporary graphic literature to produce a unique genre called Haida Manga. His books include Red, Carpe Fin and JAJ (Douglas & McIntyre, 2009, 2019 and 2023). He lives in British Columbia with his wife and daughter, close to the Two Sisters Mountain on an island in the Salish Sea.
From celebrated Haida artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas comes a striking new collection tracing the origins and evolution of Haida Manga—a bold visual genre that blends North Pacific Indigenous iconography and framelines with the dynamic energy of graphic storytelling.
Inspired by the successful resistance to industrial logging in Haida Gwaii, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas conceived Haida Manga as a graphic and literary bridge: a way to connect diverse audiences to the lived experiences, values and sovereignty of Indigenous Peoples in an unconquered land.
This volume brings together a curated selection of black-and-white ink works—some previously published, others newly created—exploring how a sophisticated Indigenous visual tradition can function as sequential narrative art.
Provocative, experimental, accessible and deeply rooted in place, this is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary Indigenous art, environmental justice and the power of visual storytelling. This book contains 200 B&W illustrations.