I Ate the Whole World to Find You is an original graphic novel by Rachel Ang.
Scheduled for simultaneous English language publication in April 2025 in Australia and New Zealand by Scribe Publications and in North America and the United Kingdom by Drawn and Quarterly in April 2025 (Paperback; 312pp; 224mm x 155mm).
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A visual essay, about the body in space/space in the body, originally written for the Wheeler Centre. Big thanks and respect to Jon Tjhia.
2019
Published in literary journal Going Down Swinging, Issue 40. A version of this story was read by Rachel and produced by Zacha Rosen for a podcast called Or It Didn’t Happen, broadcast on FBI Radio Sydney.
Dream Diary is an ongoing comic which blends magic realism and autofiction.
I was commissioned to create weekly “Well-being Wednesday” comics for Mod Museum at University of South Australia.
I designed the visual identity for Mapping Melbourne, a festival by Multicultural Arts Victoria. Designed to work across print, web, mobile, textiles, ticketing and other applications, the identity is made up of a cast of characters who work together in a tableau, but are dynamic and have plenty of personality on their own.
Excerpt of graphic essay originally published in World Literature Today, Spring 2020 issue. Read the rest at their website.
Contains a quote from "Beautiful Dress", written by Marlon Williams (Native Tongue Music Publishing Pty Ltd) . Lyrics reproduced with permission
A short story for a special edition of Kus! comics, edited by Michael Fikaris and featuring all Australian artists.
2019
Rachel’s first book, Swimsuit, was published in 2018 by local micropress Glom Press.
“Rachel Ang’s Swimsuit is sensitive and subtle and little bit devastating. The tender attention she gives to her details— the shadow of a lamp post, a glance, or a pregnant pause— illustrates a brief but rich encounter that should be read multiple times.”
-LEE LAI
"There's a space between the last thing we said and the next thing we're going to say... This comic, like the best short fiction, draws our attention to that place. "
PAT GRANT
Available from Glom Press and good book stores including Readings, Brunswick Bound and the Paperback Bookshop.
Illustrations I have created for various commissions or publications.
illustrations for an ABC RN piece of reportage, What It’s Like to Live Under Drone Warfare, by Natasha Mitchell.
Short comic drawn for The Lily, a Women’s Issues section of The Washington Post.
