Cartoonist Gemma Correll's moving and funny book about her lifelong mental illness: Anxietyland
Gemma Correll has released a graphic novel titled Anxietyland, which explores her lifelong struggles with anxiety and depression. The book combines humor with brutally honest autobiographical details, showcasing different levels of anxiety. Correll aims to use visual storytelling to make mental health discussions more relatable and accessible.
- ▪Anxietyland is a graphic novel that addresses Gemma Correll's experiences with anxiety and depression.
- ▪The book features three storylines, including her time in a Partial Hospitalization Program and humorous comics about her struggles.
- ▪Correll hopes her book will help others understand the complexities of mental illness through a visual medium.
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Cartoonist Gemma Correll's moving and funny book about her lifelong mental illness: Anxietyland Ruben Bolling 10:13 am Tue Apr 28, 2026 ANXIETYLAND by Gemma Correll. Copyright @ 2026 by Gemma Correll. Reprinted by permission of Gallery Books, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC. Popular and hilarious web cartoonist and illustrator Gemma Correll has just released a new graphic novel about her lifetime struggle with anxiety and depression, which at times has been quite severe. Anxietyland is a heartbreaking and crushingly honest memoir, but also very funny and hopeful. ANXIETYLAND by Gemma Correll. Copyright @ 2026 by Gemma Correll.
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