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Jeet Heer

Jeet Heer is the national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine. His most recent book is Sweet Lechery: Reviews, Essays & Profiles.
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Comics

How to Make It as an Indie Cartoonist

December 9, 2019May 10, 2022 - by Jeet Heer

The new generation of Canadian cartoonists is diverse, innovative, and unapologetically weird

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Photograph by Myrna Metcalf
Arts & Culture

The Literary Form that Gets No Respect

October 25, 2016October 25, 2016 - by Jeet Heer

Between short story and novel—the novella offers the best of both worlds

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Art by Ethan Rilly
Comics / December 2014

Christmas Spirits

December 3, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Jeet Heer

Days in the lives of Ottawa staffers

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Illustration by Ethan Rilly
Comics / November 2014

Solidarity Forever

October 30, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Jeet Heer

This appeared in the November 2014 issue.

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Illustration by Ethan Rilly
Comics / October 2014

Twitter Tailor Soldier Spy

October 8, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Jeet Heer

Days in the lives of Ottawa staffers

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Illustration by Ethan Rilly
Comics / September 2014

Coalition Conundrum

September 10, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Jeet Heer

This appeared in the September 2014 issue.

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Illustration by Jeannie Phan
Politics / September 2014

Block the Vote

August 18, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Jeet Heer

What the Fair Elections Act says about our neglected history of disenfranchisement

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Comics / July/August 2014

The Score

July 16, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Jeet Heer

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Comics / June 2014

The Art of Betrayal

June 11, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Jeet Heer

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Comics / May 2014

Proroguing Problems

May 7, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Jeet Heer

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