A Fox in My Brian
By: Lou Lubie
Genre: Graphic Novel, Memoir
Number of Pages: 160
Published: April 24, 2024 (1st Published October 12, 2016)
Publisher: Fairsquare Comics LLC
Dates Read: February 3, 2024
Format: ARC / eBook

A Fox in My Brian is about author Lou Lubie’s journey in discovering what causes the chaos in her brain: it’s cyclothymia – a bipolar disorder. Lubie describes dealing with her disorder in the form of taming a fox.

The art in this graphic novel is beautiful and playful – even though the pages are still teaching you something, and it’s something I wasn’t aware of: cyclothymia. The author explained the disorder in a way that I was able to understand, using the fox in her brian.

I read this as a digital ARC and there were still a few speaking bubbles and descriptions that were in French that hadn’t been translated quite yet, but for the most part, I was able to keep up with everything.

I’m definitely going to be recommending this novel, especially around Mental Health month and beyond.

*Thank you Fairsquare Comics LLC and Edelweiss+ for an advance digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review