More Than MS Press Kit
Subtitle / description:Media resources for More Than MS, a graphic memoir about Multiple Sclerosis, identity, loss, adaptation, and rebuilding a meaningful life inside real limits.
Overview:More Than MS is a graphic memoir by Miguel Allamani about living with Multiple Sclerosis and the long, painful process of adapting to a changed life. Told through visual storytelling and personal truth, it explores pain, fatigue, identity loss, fatherhood, usefulness, and the effort to rebuild dignity and meaning after illness changes everything.
Short Hook:MS took a lot from me, so I made a graphic novel anyway.
What It Is:More Than MS is not a superhero story, an inspirational recovery story, or a pity project. It is an honest graphic memoir about what it means to live inside a body that no longer follows the old rules, while still trying to build a life that feels real, useful, and worth living.
What Makes It Different:More Than MS rejects fake inspiration, tragedy performance, and cure-fantasy language. It tells the truth about chronic illness without reducing the story to suffering. The project is rooted in Multiple Sclerosis, but its themes reach beyond any one diagnosis: grief, identity, usefulness, fatherhood, and adaptation inside changed limits.
Themes:Identity after illness
Chronic pain and fatigue
Adaptation without shame
Fatherhood and usefulness
Grief, dignity, and resilience
Honest disability awareness through visual storytelling
About the Creator:Miguel Allamani is a Canadian artist and writer living with Multiple Sclerosis. Through comics, writing, and advocacy, he creates honest, accessible work about illness, identity, resilience, and the challenge of rebuilding a meaningful life inside real limits.
Media / Enquiries:For interviews, podcasts, speaking, features, or media enquiries related to More Than MS, please get in touch through my main website.