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SDCC 2026: Street Noise Books spotlights Melissa Chan and You Must Take Part in Revolution

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Activist graphic novel publisher Street Noise Books will spotlight author Melissa Chan at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. 

Melissa Chan is the author of You Must Take Part in Revolution (co-created with Badiucao), a graphic novel exploring the onward march of authoritarianism and the power of resistance in China and around the globe. She is an Emmy-nominated Hong Kong and Taiwanese American foreign correspondent based between Los Angeles and Berlin. She was previously posted in China until she became the first journalist in more than a decade to be expelled by the Chinese authorities in 2012. Much of her reporting examines human rights, the rise of global authoritarianism, and the defense of democracies. She has written for The New York Times, where she was nominated for a Loeb Award—business journalism’s highest honor—and The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Time, The Guardian, and more. As a broadcast correspondent, she has reported for VICE News Tonight and Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines. 

You Must Take Part in Revolution is an essential graphic novel for our time — a much-needed story about the consequences of today’s threats to Democracy, and an inspiration for all of us in building a better future. 

Melissa will be featured at the show at the following programs and signings:

Carousel: Comics Performances

Thursday, 7/23/2026, 4:00PM – 5:00PM
Room: Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
Moderated by: R. Sikoryak

Featuring Melissa Chan (“You Must Take Part in Revolution,” Street Noise Books), Maëlle Doliveux (“I Will Live Forever,” Beehive Books), Peter Kuper (“Wish We Weren’t Here,” Fantagraphics), Katie Skelly (“Heaven,” Fantagraphics), Sophie Yanow (“The Contradictions,” Drawn & Quarterly)

Comics vs. Authoritarianism!

Saturday, 7/25/2026, 3:30PM – 4:30PM
Room: 10
Moderated by: Mo McMasters (Pretty Guts Press)

Featuring Melissa Chan (“You Must Take Part in Revolution,” Street Noise Books), Andrew Aydin (“March,” Top Shelf/IDW), Dave Maass (“Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis,” Dark Horse Comics), and Shay Mirk (“Making Non-Fiction Comics,” Abrams ComicArts)

Signing:

Friday, 7/24/2026, 10:00AM – 11:00AM

Fanbase Press @ Booth O-03

You Must Take Part in Revolution twists real world politics for a “what if” warning

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It’s 2035. The US and China are at war. America is a proto-fascist state. Taiwan is divided into two. As conflict escalates between nuclear powers, three idealistic youths who first met in Hong Kong develop diverging beliefs about how best to navigate this techno-authoritarian landscape. Andy, Maggie, and Olivia travel different paths toward transformative change, each confronting to what extent they will fight for freedom, and who they will become in doing so.

By: Badiucao, Melissa Chan

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Preview: You Must Take Part in Revolution

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(W) Melissa Chan (A) Badiucao
In Shops: Mar 05, 2025
SRP: $23.99
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It’s 2035. The US and China are at war. America is a proto-fascist state. Taiwan is divided into two. As conflict escalates between nuclear powers, three idealistic youths who first met in Hong Kong develop diverging beliefs about how best to navigate this techno-authoritarian landscape. Andy, Maggie, and Olivia travel different paths toward transformative change, each confronting to what extent they will fight for freedom, and who they will become in doing so.

You Must Take Part in Revolution

Exclusive Preview: You Must Take Part in Revolution

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From Emmy-nominated journalist Melissa Chan and esteemed activist artist Badiucao comes a near-future dystopian graphic novel about technology, authoritarian government, and the lengths that one will go to in the fight for freedom. You Must Take Part in Revolution is out March 4 from Street Noise Books.

It’s 2035. The US and China are at war. America is a proto-fascist state. Taiwan is divided into two. As conflict escalates between nuclear powers, three idealistic youths who first met in Hong Kong develop diverging beliefs about how best to navigate this techno-authoritarian landscape. Andy, Maggie, and Olivia travel different paths toward transformative change, each confronting to what extent they will fight for freedom, and who they will become in doing so.

A powerful and important book about global totalitarian futures, and the costs of resistance.

Badiucao is a Chinese Australian artist, activist, and political provocateur. One of the most popular and prolific creatives from China, he confronts a variety of social and political issues in his work, often using satire to tackle censorship, authoritarianism, and capitalism. For years, he operated anonymously and was dubbed “China’s Banksy”. He has exhibited in the US, Australia, and throughout Europe. In 2020, Badiucao won the Human Rights Foundation’s Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent. He currently lives in exile in Australia. This is his debut graphic novel.

Melissa Chan is an Emmy-nominated Hong Kong and Taiwanese American foreign correspondent based between Los Angeles and Berlin. She was previously posted in China until she became the first journalist in more than a decade to be expelled by the Chinese authorities in 2012. Much of her reporting examines human rights, the rise of global authoritarianism, and the defense of democracies. She has written for The New York Times where she was nominated for a Loeb Award—business journalism’s highest honor—and The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Time, The Guardian, and more. This is her debut graphic novel.

Purchase: Bookshop – Amazon

You Must Take Part in Revolution

Street Noise Books Presents: Revolution, Resistance, Healing, and Queer Love in Spring 2025!

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Graphic novel publisher Street Noise Books presents the Spring 2025 list: The Murder Next Door, by Hugh D’Andrade, Eyes on Gaza, by Khaled Beydoun, with art by Mohammad Sabaaneh, You Must Take Part in Revolution, by Melissa Chan and Badiucao, Everything Is Fine, I’ll Just Work Harder, by Cara Gormally, Call Me Emma, by Makee, and Punk Like Me, by JD Glass and Kris Dressen. Street Noise books have a radical, intersectional feminist, queer, and inclusion vision, and provide a platform for the voices of marginalized people. 

SPRING 2025 is: 

The Murder Next Door, by Hugh D’Andrade (on sale 2/4). When Hugh was ten years old, he walked home from school to find his friends next door crying – they had just come home and discovered their mother’s body. She had been murdered. As an adult, Hugh explores how the trauma of this event changed his life forever. 

Eyes on Gaza, by Khaled Beydoun, with art by Mohammad Sabaaneh (on sale 2/18). A powerful and impassioned prose collection of essays on the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, written in real time by a leading scholar of Islamophobia, as the annihilation was being carried out, accompanied by political cartoons from a renowned Palestinian comics creator. 

You Must Take Part in Revolution, by Melissa Chan and Badiucao (on sale 3/4). From Emmy-nominated journalist Melissa Chan and esteemed activist artist Badiucao comes a dystopian graphic novel exploring our future with China, about technology, authoritarian government, and the lengths that people will go to in the fight for freedom.

Everything Is Fine, I’ll Just Work Harder, by Cara Gormally (on sale 4/1). One day, during an ordinary early-morning run, Cara’s watch dinged with a Facebook friend request. But when they checked the message, the photo slammed them backward in time and froze them in fear. Their rapist wanted to “friend” them. This graphic novel is the story of one queer person bravely and creatively using therapy to navigate the healing from the trauma of a past sexual assault. 

Call Me Emma, by Makee (on sale 5/6). After immigrating from China to New York City, a teenage girl and her family struggle to adjust to the new world they’ve found themselves in. Balancing chaotic school life with her divorcing parents, her sister’s mental illness, and a new crush, Emma must ask herself, “How do I know who I really am?”

Punk Like Me, by JD Glass and Kris Dresen (on sale 6/3). Sixteen-year-old Nina Boyd is into punk rock and comic books. She plays guitar, is a straight-A student, a champion swimmer, and is in love with her best friend. But her best friend Kerri is a girl, and Nina knows her family would never approve. As Nina’s crush grows stronger, she must choose between her family’s dreams for her and her own in this powerful, emotional, queer graphic novel.