The Nib’s Best Long-form Non-Fiction Comics-Journalism Comics 2014

Blood, guts and unmarked graves: Nib’s reporters on the ground

Eleri Harris
The Nib
2 min readDec 16, 2014

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Ever wondered why anyone would drill a hole in their head with a power-tool? Emi Gennis explored the practice of Trepanation — it’s more widespread than you’d think!

What happens when a community of 35, 000 suddenly disappears? In California, Andy Warner investigated an impossible city.

We all have our obsessions — but when a moral conundrum arises, do we stick with them? Meet Eroyn Franklin — Bikram Addict.

It may be lost to Americans, but Sarah Glidden finds that in Argentina Supper Sunday is alive and well.

Roxanne Palmer visits the island where a million New Yorkers are buried in unmarked graves with Hart Island Hallelujah.

Race. Divisions. Neighborhoods. Gentrification. Darryl Holliday and Erik Rodriguez take us to Chicago’s South Shore.

Did you know that a debt-to-slave pipeline is building you a FIFA World Cup Stadium? Erik Thurman on the immigrant workers of Qatar.

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Eleri Harris
The Nib

Journalist. Cartoonist. Tasmanian Lady. Deputy Editor at The Nib. http://eleriharris.com