OTHER RUSSIAS: It is split into two sections: the “invisible” and the “angry.” Expressions of anger transform the invisible into the visible, as the Pussy Riot protests in 2012 demonstrate. Credit: VICTORIA LOMASKO

OTHER RUSSIAS: It is split into two sections: the “invisible” and the “angry.” Expressions of anger transform the invisible into the visible, as the Pussy Riot protests in 2012 demonstrate.

Other Russias: Victoria Lomasko’s Graphic Journalism is on display at Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery through Wed, April 5. VICTORIA LOMASKO

When Victoria Lomasko returns to the Russian Federation following her US tour of Other Russias, she might be considered a foreign agent.

For more than five years, Lomasko has been spearheading Russia’s graphic journalism movement. Her new book, Other Russias, translated by Thomas Campbell, documents and illustrates the plight of marginalized groups across the motherland: residents of vanishing villages in rural areas, far-right grassroots movements, LGBT film festivals carried out despite bomb threats, teens languishing in prisons, among others. You know, what we’re dealing with right now in Trump’s America.

Rich Smith is The Stranger's former News Editor. He writes about politics, books, and performance. You can read his poems at www.richsmithpoetry.com