Exciting news!! (Patreon)

The investigative comics series I do with Melissa Mendes at Truthout—investigating water, housing, and land in Detroit and Southeast Michigan—is now supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.

An excerpt from our latest strip, "BLIGHT!"In a year that has seen publication in Teen Vogue and, next month, will have our collaboration with The Ladydrawers—Threadbare—at the Portuguese comics journalism festival AmadoraBD, Melissa and I couldn't be more thrilled by this award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Our latest strip, Blight!, is hot off the Truthout presses, closing out our miniseries on the Detroit housing crisis. Upcoming strips will look at land ownership, use, and disputes, starting in December. Previous installments—like our two-strip look at Joe Bates' home in Southwest, partially demolished while he was in residence—can be found right here.

Donations to Truthout, in support of investigative comics journalism, can be made here; special thanks are also due the good neighbors at Power House Productions.

This series has been rewarding and challenging for both of us, and I'm so happy it's getting support from the NEA. 

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