Joseph Kai

Joseph Kai is a Lebanese comics author currently living in Paris, exploring the realms of realistic and speculative fiction. Joseph’s debut graphic novel L’Intranquille (Casterman, 2021) is soon to be released in English by Street Noise Books (US) under the title Restless. It delves into the anxious behaviour, sexual desires and dreams of Samar, a queer artist living in Lebanon during one of the country's most tumultuous periods in history. In 2010, Joseph Kai became a contributing member of Samandal, publishing several short works and later taking on the role of editor in chief for Geography in 2015, 3000 in 2020 and Cutes, a collection of queer and trans* comics in 2023. Joseph has participated in numerous festivals and exhibitions around the world, most recently Les Révolutions de l'Amour at L'Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and his first solo exhibition titled I Never Asked to Be So Sad and So Sexy at TWXS in Brussels.