All in the Family
A Lenticule Press Book
By LB Lee, 224 pages
LB Lee had been aware of their multiple personalities for years, and thought there were no more surprises left in their head. But in 2014, something was off. They were being tormented by nightmares, bombarded by images that felt…familiar. So they went looking for ghosts. And found them.
All in the Family is a psychological murder memoir in comics form. It’s about multiple personality, the vagaries of memory, and the role story plays in our lives. All in the Family was originally self-published as four zines between 2014 and 2016. Plural* fans have told LB the series has helped them come to terms with their own histories and memories, while Abraham Riesman of Vulture called it “one of the most brutal and engaging comics I’ve ever read.”
* ‘Plural’ is a self-identifier for folks who experience life as more than one person residing in a body. This includes those with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), multiple personalities, and those who experience it outside of medical definitions. For more information, refer to the extra readings, particularly ‘MPD For You and Me’ and ‘All in the Family: The Research Part.’
Content warnings (spoilers)
Sexual, physical, and emotional violence against children
Memory and reality distortion
Death and suicide
Rape
Self-harm and blood
Vomit
Non-abusive sexual content
Links:
LB around the web:
“The Best Cartoonist You’ve Never Read Is Eight Different People” - Abraham Riesman’s profile of LB in Vulture