The Sounds of Silence: Spotlight on Maggie Umber

The Sounds of Silence: Spotlight on Maggie Umber

Maggie Umber’s work has always pushed the boundaries of the comics form—often wordless, deploying unconventional media, and challenging narrative expectations. Her magisterial Sound of Snow Falling tells the seasons of two owls without words, but evoking a world of sound that we might finally hear if we learned to listen. Her newest book, Chrysanthemum Under the Waves, is a meditation on loss, mourning, and the new lives we exhume in the process. Join OSU comics scholar Jared Gardner in conversation with Maggie as they discuss her career, her craft, and her most recent book, six years in the making and premiering at CXC.

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