On 16 July 2025, at 15.00, the War Museum invites you to a public meeting with the team of the "Inker" social comic magazine, a unique project that has been recording the Ukrainian struggle for freedom in the form of graphic art since 2022.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion, “Inker” has published 9 e-editions containing 36 stories on the topics of Mariupol, Azovstal, the partisan movement, civilians in captivity, women in war, love and evacuation, and even the role of the territorial defence. The team paid special attention to the paperback copies – “24/02” and “Through the Eyes of Journalists”, which feature personal stories of journalists and eyewitnesses, including Vasylisa Stepanenko, a co-author of the documentary “20 Days in Mariupol”, a military photojournalist Yefrem Lukatsky, Kherson journalist Oleh Baturyn, who was in russian captivity, and Roma activist and historian Yanush Panchenko, who survived the occupation of Kakhovka.
During the meeting, the participants will learn how the topics for each issue are being chosen, how the editorial team works in the conditions of war, and why the comic magazine has become one of the most effective ways of communicating about the war.
The event will be attended by:
- Artem Ipatov – CEO of Inker magazine
- Diana Lanovets – journalist and text author
- Iryna Kostyshyna – comic book artist
Roman Kabachiy, a historian and senior researcher of the War Museum, will moderate the conversation.
As a part of the event, paperback editions of the magazine will be transferred to the collection and library of the War Museum.
Free entry by prior registration: https://forms.gle/LTE8n3PvME7FzcfE8
