Comic

Most of what we know about whales starts with industrial whaling. The records kept and specimens collected during the British colonial era whaling have a dark history, but provide ongoing knowledge to scientists and researchers around the world. In 2023, I began working with the Natural History Museum London’s Principal Curator of Mammals, Richard Sabin, as a …

Whales and their homes need more protection. And in 2013, a special task force was set up to address this problem. Before long, hundreds of scientists and researchers joined to help. In an incredible feat of teamwork, the Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA) E-Atlas was created to drive change. Making Space is the story of …

In early 2022, nearly three years after I started researching whales for a longer-length comic, I realised this initial idea was a bigger feat than I initially thought. Spending two years researching species and their history, I was completely lost in a reading spiral – with not much to show for it. Then, in May …