Through its community-led exchanges and workshops, Corniche offers a platform for UAE- and GCC-based illustrators and comic artists. The seventh edition of the Corniche comic anthology weaves together a narrative that blends myth and magical realism, history and humour, psychological exploration and more.

The cover art by Nasir Nasrallah pays tribute to the recently closed Corniche Post Office, which the artist used to frequent to send and receive letters from pen pals. He draws a connection between the warm exchanges with the post office employees and the annual gatherings of Corniche anthology contributors at Bait Obaid Al Shamsi, the heritage house overlooking Corniche Street. He likens the illustrations included in the anthology as ‘visual letters’ compiled ‘into a shared envelope'.

Working alongside Sharjah Art Foundation’s Community Team, the 46 contributing artists of 2025 are Adnan Arif, Aisha Almarashda, Alia Al Hammadi, Alyazia Mubarak, Amna Al Saleh, Aysha Bint Khalifa, AzimAl Ghussein, Batool Karimi, Celine Choo, Darrel Perkins, Eman AlRaeesi, Hessa Altamimi, Ibtihaj Al Harthi, Ilham Khairi, IbrahemSwaid, Joumana Ismail, Khalid Al Khawar, Khalid Mezaina, Khalifa Alshamsi, Khadija Al Saeedi, Layla Doueidi, Lena Kassicieh, Manar Laham, Mariam Jacob, Maryam Khalid Almheiri, Maryem Garashi, Mattia Gambardella, Mitali Sampat, Mohanned Elkamel, Mohammad MoMo Alshaibani, Mohammed Al Falasi, Nada Abulmagd, Natalia Sergeeva, Noor Al Khamiri, Nora Al Sabah, penpowder, Rafiaa Alnassar, Rashid Almulla, Rouda Hassan Alhammadi, RyanneTabbara, Salam Swaid, Sara Al Saeedi, Shihabaldeen Almusharaf, Stardust, Yusuf Al-Asmi, Ziliz.