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Anti-racism : progress is progress is progress is progress is… progress happening?
Originally this comic was about AI + Creativity. But the R-word* turned up, as it does, unannounced and uninvited, forcing my attention to fight/freeze/fawn… Or fLight?
So here is the first A Eye comic instead : ‘lighting up the mirror to racism’.
Produced in May 2025, 5 years after the murder of George Floyd, and almost 1 year after racist violence and riots in the UK (August 2024).
As the seasonal sun beams its heat again, I wonder: will it take another public murder for the urgency of anti-racism to be felt again? I hope not. But history has a way of repeating itself. And it is still happening; all the time, the whole time.
“It was joyous, difficult and so moving. And so much more – I can’t do justice to it really and am in tears right now.”
“Your work is brave and astonishing, Moi. You have changed me.”
About the comic
What’s it like to feel what we see around us?
Warning: contains some violence in public/workplaces, sickness/ill-health, reality*.
For anyone expecting a linear narrative and analysis on the progress of anti-racism, this is not it.
This comic emerged in response to the silencing of violence that coexists with our want to tackle violence. So the format of the comic mirrors my experiences of this reality.
‘lighting up the mirror to racism’ is the first part of an A Eye comic series, authored by me, Moi Tu. It took 3 weeks (plus 8 years) to produce. What you see in the comic is what floated to the water’s surface in May 2025.
The comic is structured in 3 parts…
“there/then…here/now”
A window to some of the events around us, past and present.
Would this have happened if all lives really mattered?
“a charitable purpose”
A mirror to some of the rhetoric, absurdity and harm in workplace culture in the living of #BLM #BlackLivesMatter.
Qu: does reputation precede purpose and impact? Why protect it [reputation] so violently?
“it is a privilege”
A spiral on privilege that edges into some questions about dignity, safety + human rights.
I used pen, pencil, ink, watercolour, collage, natural finds, old packaging, flyers, tippex, Canva to produce this.
So there we have it. A Eye : lighting up the mirror to racism.
Is this account too ugly? Too cynical? Too charitable? See for yourself.
Buy it online
The comic is available as an online pdf.
52 pages.
Price: £9
The comic is printable, but the file is not set up for high-quality print. Originally created and made available via the LDC Online Comics Fair 2025 https://ldcomics.com/
Some really terrifying sh*t is getting louder and wider out there. Water those roots. Grow what’s good. Take care of yourself and each other x
More reader reviews…
“This is powerful and damning work that asks us to think about both racism and anti-racism in a way that I have never quite seen before. A comic that really does need to be experienced as much as it does to be read.”
– Broken Frontier (full review here)
“Thank you for creating this. Your beautifully creative expression perfectly captures all the jumble of fears and feelings I’ve had at one time or another about wider issues of oppression and racism, as well as how they’ve played out in my experience. I’m grateful not to be alone with it.”
“I can’t express in words what a journey it was to indulge in your comic. Every word I felt.”
“This is simply gorgeous and I know that’s such an odd word for racism and anti racism… but it speaks to me on so many levels and makes me feel seen in a way that I wouldn’t usually say I ‘connect’ with ‘art’ . Never really considered myself an ‘arty’ person – but I love your use of it to make me think and feel. Brava.”
“Haunting and disturbing.”
“Love it! Otherhood could be a book title.”
“Thank you so much for putting this out in the world (Respect!)… at a Comic Fair too!!! Double Respect!!!”
“It is a wonderful piece of art.. it was like being in an art exhibition. I was deeply immersed and feel like so much to will unravel each time I visit again and again.”
“So hard-hitting and thought/feeling-full.”
“..breathtaking; I keep wanting to look at it over and over again. It’s upsetting of course, but powerfully so.”