Take Me To Your Leader: Nick Abadzis and Angela Watson discuss us, them and their joint memoir

Interviews Mardou | August 24, 2026 art from My Beloved Other: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Optimism in a Time of Denial (23rd Street Books, 2026) by Nick Abadzis and Angela Watson Nick Abadzis has been making comics since the late 80s. From creating the underground tales of Gen X wastrel, Hugo Tate to the bestselling, Eisner-winning Laika, he’s worked as an illustrator, editor and writer in his long and varied cartooning career. When I heard his next book was going to be in collaboration with his wife, the therapist Angela Watson, I was curious to talk to them both about it. My Beloved Other is a graphic memoir exploring their nearly 40-year interracial marriage, weaving in the migration stories their respective families and their shared experience of moving from Britain to the United States in an age of unrest. We talked about their book over Zoom, in late May 2026. SACHA MARDOU: Congratulations on creating this unique memoir. The fusion of your personal narratives with a larger story of race and family history is remarkable, and it’s a very enjoyable read, even as you’re tackling very thorny issues. I know it couldn't have been an easy process to get there. NICK ABADZIS: I haven’...