Um… “Graphic Novel,” sorry. Poet Deborah Grison responded to the crisis in New Orleans by writing “No Ark,” the story of a man who decided to ride out the storm and ended up trapped on his roof for days, nearing death. She brought the poem to artists Damian Duffy and John Jennings, who added pictures and linked the story to Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” The result is powerful and delivers you into the tragedy.
To view the entire work, click here.
What a powerful story. Somehow the juxtaposition of water-stained pages with spare prose written at the end of believing, and hard-edged graphics tells far more than mere TV images can convey. This media mash-up of sorts is a testament to why the sum of parts is often greater than the whole.
One could imagine that supply and air drop distribtion of “space food” in hard-hit disaster areas could ease the suffering of people who are stranded during natural disasters.
This NSDL resource from the Cornell Engineering Magazine collection “Eat Well and Prosper” by Beth Saulnier explains why Cornell agricultural and biological engineering professor Jean Hunter creates comfort food for the final frontier.
Katrina makes the final frontier feel a lot closer than it used to.
Hello!
So, I read the comments, “About That Comic Book” and I was unclear about what you said. Are you saying it isnt good, it isnt a novel or what? For me your point was a bit unclear. Please advise. Thank you.
Thank you for your comments. I do appreciate them.
Very powerful writing with an interesting presentation style. Have you published any works? I would like to include them in my store.