The authentic line: Lynda Barry's What it is and Syllabus -- Cartoon bodies and transformative lines: Ken Dahl's Monsters -- Style as engagement: Joe Sacco's Safe area Goražde and The fixer -- Reading and the body: Miriam Katin's We are on our own and Letting it go -- Embodied interaction: Katie Green's Lighter than my shadow and Joe Sacco's The Great War.