ABSTRACT
Comics and graphic novels have proven to be fertile ground for geographers interested in ideas of national identity. However, few have examined other aspects of place, including the subjective experience of place and the idea of place attachment in this medium. In this chapter, I analyze depictions of place attachment/alienation from place as depicted in Shaun Tan’s “The Arrival” and explore how we can learn about place attachment, about alienation from place, and about becoming part of place (or failing to) from such works.
