Opioids and Organs HC (2026 Drawn and Quarterly) comic books

1st printing. Story and art by Arizona O'Neill. A heart-wrenching memoir of a daughter losing her father and a scathing indictment of the medical industry. Arizona grieves at the hospital bed of her father, a man she hardly knew, brain dead after a fentanyl overdose. Doctors encourage her to act quickly to recast him as a hero. Distraught, Arizona makes a decision that will haunt her for the rest of her life. As she struggles to come to terms with her fathers death and her role as next of kin in making his lifes last decision, she uncovers inconvenient truths about the organ donation industrys own codependence on the opioid crisis. Hardcover, 374 pages, full color. Teen+ Her parents were bohemian wild kids of 90s Montreal. He was a talented skateboarder, charming guitarist, and visual artist. She was an aspiring writer and outcast. They lived with other teenagers in the Plateau in a messy apartment filled with drugs, alcohol, and black-market animals. The citys macabre history—McGill Medical School, the Mount Royal Cemetery, ancient cadavers at the Maude Abbott Medical Museum—takes center stage as Arizona sorts out fact from fiction. Opioids and Organs is a damning critique of an industry that takes advantage of societys outcasts. A muted yet striking pastel palette and a dolllike fantastical elegance belie both the gruesomeness of the books topic and the rage of its author. Cover price $30.00.