About the book
On March 25, 2024, in Kyiv, Ukraine, a fragment of a missile shot down by
Air Defense forces fell on the Boychuk Academy of Arts, destroying part
of the educational building. This event was covered in the same way as other
destructions during the war. Yet so much remains outside the frame of
the news. This graphic novel tells three stories of three real people you won’t
read about in the news. These are the stories of a teacher and two students,
and how they experienced the strike on the Academy. Each of them was
in a different place and went through the same event in a different way.
About the author
Alina Borysova is a graphic designer with seven years of professional experience. In her practice, she specializes in illustration and brand identity design. Through her personal projects, she explores themes that currently concern and move her.
She graduated from the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design College and the Mykhailo Boichuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative Applied Arts and Design. In 2024, she completed her Master’s degree at the Basel Academy of Art and Design (HGK FHNW Basel), where this graphic novel was developed as her graduation project.
About us
Our mission is to discover new voices, publish sincere stories, and create books that readers want to return to again and again. We plan to focus on contemporary Ukrainian literature, creative editions, and translations of Western prose. Our first publication is the graphic novel Art Under Fire.
This project is supported by
The graphic novel was created as a graduation project within the Master’s program Digital Communication Environments at the Basel Academy of Art and Design (HGK FHNW).
Thanks for contribution:
Akshada Bhat, Dmytro Bulanov, Misha Buksha, Marharyta Vertiievets, Álvaro García Garza, Yana Dobrokhlib, Annie Giusti, June Ji, Tena Keleman, Una Kuran, Uliana Kozachynska, Nicolas Marten, Volodymyr Mykhailov, Jiří Oplatek, Olena Osadcha, Mireia Rauel, Claire Raymond, Michael Rener, Bérénice Serra, Nadiia Sikula, Mateo Sophys, Anastasiia Shumal, Arno Schubach, Johannes Stanhausen, Lina Yakobchuk.
If you have an idea to collaborate with us or a proposal where to place the graphic novel, feel free to contact us.