Publishers Weekly: How did you discover Zumrat’s story?Īnthony Del Col: Around June 2021, I pitched the idea of the Uyghur internment camps to Insider, and then we started to reach out to a few Human Rights organizations. PW spoke with Del Col and Azim about creating the online comics series, the need for a trade book collection, and the ability of the comics medium to report important, inspirational, and transformative nonfiction.
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In 2020, Del Col began publishing a series of serious nonfiction online comics on, of which I Escaped A Chinese Internment Camp is a part.Īfter conducting interviews with Dawut and a meticulous examination of the human rights record of her dilemma, Del Col and Azim transformed her life-story into an evocative comics tale about a courageous woman. Azim, originally from Bangladesh, is an author ( Muslim Women Are Everything, 2020 ), illustrator, and storyteller whose works are focused on issues around identity and culture. The book, which will hit shelves this fall, is the story of Dawut-her torture, interrogation, and forced sterilization for being a practicing Uyghur Muslim, and her plan of escape and eventual reunion with her husband and children in the U.S.Īn acclaimed comics writer, Del Col is best known as cocreator of Kill Shakespeare, a six volume graphic novel series launched in 2010 that turned a universe of Shakespearean characters into a swashbuckling adventure series. A year after comics writer Anthony Del Col and artist Fahmida Azim were awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary for their online collaboration, I Escaped A Chinese Internment Camp, the heart-wrenching story of Zumrat Dawut and her escape from China, her story will be released as a book collection by New Friday.
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