Rabbit Chase

Anishinaabe culture and storytelling meetAlice in Wonderlandin this coming-of-age graphic novel that explores Indigenous and gender issues through a fresh yet familiar looking glass.

Aime, a non-binary Anishinaabe middle-schooler, is on a class trip to offer gifts to Paayehnsag, the water spirits known to protect the land. While stories are told about the water spirits and the threat of the land being taken over for development, Aime zones out, distracting themselves from the bullying and isolation they've experienced since expressing their non-binary identity. When Aime accidentally wanders off, they are transported to an alternate dimension populated by traditional Anishinaabe figures in a story inspired byAlice in Wonderland.

To gain the way back home, Aime is called on to help Trickster by hunting down dark water spirits with guidance from Paayehnsag. On their journey, Aime faces off with the land-grabbing Queen and her robotic guards and fights the dark water spirits against increasingly stacked odds. Illustrated by KC Oster with a modern take on their own Ojibwaystyle and cultural representation,Rabbit Chaseis a story of self-discovery, community, and finding one's place in the world.(From Annick)

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Elizabeth LaPenseis an Anishinaabe, Mtis, and Irish writer and illustrator whose work appears inMoonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collectionseries,Deer Woman: An Anthologyand more.

KC Oster is an Ojibway-Anishinaabe comic artist and illustrator. They live in the Rainy River District of Northwestern Ontario.