I am a storyteller and my medium is comics.
My
latest book is the New York Times bestseller A.D.: New
Orleans After the Deluge, a nonfiction graphic novel about seven
real-life New Orleanians and their encounters with Hurricane Katrina. Starting
with their lives before the storm, the book traces how they deal with the
hurricane when it hits, and what happens to them afterward, from losing all
their possessions, to facing the flooding, to being trapped in the Convention
Center, to evacuating and not being able to return home — all told in
comic book form. Along the way (hopefully), A.D.
reminds the reader of the vitality and spirit of New Orleans and the Gulf
Coast.
A.D. began as a webcomic on SMITH Magazine. The expanded hardcover edition of A.D. debuted in August from Pantheon Graphic Novels. At the New York release party for A.D., we raised over $1,200 for Common Ground Relief, a grassroots organization based in New Orleans' Ninth Ward.
The L.A. Times calls A.D. "a work . . . of literature, of high art, and of reverence for nature and humanity." A.D. has been covered by the New York Times, Newsweek, NPR, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Salon,.com, Rolling Stone, the Wall Street Journal, the Toronto Star, BoingBoing, Wired.com, "Pop Candy," and many others.
A.D. has been used for high school and college courses, and comes with a free teacher's guide.
A.D. has been listed on a number of 2009 holiday gift guides, including the New York Times. Vanity Fair magazine declares A.D. to be one of its five "better-than-a-sweater" gift suggestions. And MTV's "Splash Page" blog calls A.D. the best nonfiction comic of 2009.