Cartoonist Gemma Correll's moving and funny book about her lifelong mental illness: Anxietyland
Cartoonist Gemma Correll has released a graphic memoir titled *Anxietyland*, blending humor and raw honesty to depict her lifelong struggle with anxiety, depression, and related challenges. The book weaves together her recent time in a mental health treatment program, her personal history with mental illness, and satirical comic depictions of anxiety as an amusement park. Despite its heavy subject matter, the memoir maintains a funny and hopeful tone, aiming to make mental health experiences more relatable through visual storytelling. Correll hopes her candid narrative will help others feel less alone and better understand the complexities of anxiety.
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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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