Red Rock Baby Candy

Shira Spector’s Red Rock Baby Candy (2021–present, Fantagraphics) is a deeply personal, graphic memoir that explores fertility, loss, and queer family-making through a kaleidoscopic, surreal visual style. Spector’s debut comic, this single issue weaves her own experiences with miscarriage and IVF into a raw, poetic narrative that pushes the boundaries of autobiographical comics. A vital work from an emerging cartoonist, it matters for its unflinching honesty and inventive, emotionally resonant art.