An artist learned to draw comics to understand her family’s trauma. She has now made Pulitzer Prize history

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Double-page spread from the comic 'Feeding Ghosts' by Tessa Hulls.

When cruise ships dock in Juneau, Alaska’s capital, the tourist invasion causes the fragile internet signal to become unstable for the residents. That’s why, on Monday, May 5, someone had to tell Tessa Hulls that her graphic memoir, Feeding Ghosts (2024), had become only the second comic in history to win a Pulitzer Prize. In 1992, Art Spiegelman’s masterpiece, Maus — based on the memories of his father, a Holocaust survivor — was awarded a Special Citation.

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Two pages from the Spanish-language translation of the graphic memoir 'Feeding Ghosts' (2024). Tessa Hulls as a baby, with her mother, Rose (left) and her grandmother, pictured in China, circa 1986. Photo from the family album. American artist and author Tessa Hulls.
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