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Hi friends. Sorry it has taken me a million years to post a new page. I am working on transitioning this Patreon into a place where I post everything I'm working on and not just The Weight--so here is something else I'm working on that's very different and also very important to me! 

My friend/collaborator Anne Elizabeth Moore is an incredible writer and journalist, and I started working with her a few years ago. We work really well together, not sure what it is, but there's just this really good chemistry between us, and it makes our projects fulfilling to me.  It's more collaborative than just illustrating her writing. It challenges me to draw from life, and our subject matter makes me feel like I'm making a real difference. It feels like activism at a time when activism is essential, and I'm really thankful for that. 

This image is part of my rough draft for the first installment of our new series for Truthout about Detroit. This one addresses the current water crisis by sharing Nicole Hill's story-- she experienced the horror of the shut-offs first hand. 

Our process is basically, Anne does the interview and the research, then turns that into a script. In the script she divides up the text into panels, and makes suggestions for what the images could me. These tend to be really text heavy so I often end up spreading the text out more and adding more images. 

You can read the whole comic here 

Also here is the book we published last year, which includes our previous Truthout work about the connections and complexities of the garment trade and sex trafficking.  

xo

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