Dancing with the Sheyd

Part memoir, part folklore, part pop culture parable, this beautifully hand drawn graphic novel from Rotem Anna Diamant takes the reader on a journey through growing up Jewish in Winnipeg while being haunted by the ghosts of the past.

Ro is a multidisciplinary artist and librarian who creates comics focused on themes of identity, often conveying experiences and ideas using elements of the surreal and magical. In 2018, they founded Canada Comics Open Library, and they maintain the Canadian Cartoonists Database. They run a distro/bookshop called Lost Doll.

"Rotem’s deeply personal book asks what makes a person and answers with a dazzling Queer feminist story about broken belief leading to self-knowledge. Their magical visual iconography is peopled by mermaids, angels, demons and ghosts, all in conversation with the cartoonist. They share the mythologies and tenets of Jewish faith, distilling the parts that have been rejected and hidden by patriarchy. It’s a heroic declaration of life and perseverance told with electric linework." - Fiona Smyth, Somnambulance, You Know, Sex (with Cory Silverberg)

Author/Artist: Rotem Anna Diamant
Publisher: Inservice Comics
Page Count: 264pp
Size: 9 x 11.5
Notes: softcover, b/w
Date of Publication: Spring 2026
ISBN: 978-1-0696926-1-0