I visited the Short Stories, Big Ideas presentation with Leela Corman and other masters of short-form comics, narrative illustration, and webcomics such as Drew Weing and Frank Viva at the Miami Book Fair. Jessica Abel moderated the entire discussion, keeping it at a constant flow and engaging these artists to question themselves and their work making them elaborate on their comics underlined meaning. Leela Corman's collection of short stories called We all Wish for Deadly Force is much spoken about in the discussion. Corman approached each question Abel gave her very humorous and lightly. However the content of the book is based on devastating personal loss, World War II in Poland, and the beauty of belly dancing.
Leela Corman based her book mostly on personal experiences. She stated that her family was in the Holocaust and that many studies show epigenetic inheritance in many holocaust survivors offspring. She then expanded on the idea of transgenerational trauma which is the idea that trauma marks are passed down from generation to generation. Meaning that if for any reason your ancestors underwent some type of trauma the same trauma marks can be found in your DNA. Corman also discussed her illustration technique. She explained that she was professionally trained as a painter and that is where all her classical skill derives from. When Corman decided to go into cartooning she quickly realized she had to abandon her classical skill and go back to the start. As she continued illustrating she soon came across watercolor and that is when she was able to find a middle ground, a place where she could mix the two.
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