Ryan Howe – illustratör

Fifteen true tales of American servicepeople overseas are brought to life in graphic novel form-from the hilarious and the heartwarming to the heroic. TRUE WAR STORIES focuses on the individual experience of people on deployment: the stories they want to tell. Nearly every branch of the military is represented, and the stories are told by a mixture of active duty and retired soldiers. This isn t about politics or American foreign policy, it's about the people in uniform who tend to get forgotten in all that. Vietcong sappers attack a fuel point, only to be foiled by a very alert German Shepherd. A young Airman copes with post 9/11 paranoia in Okinawa. A team of SEALs rescue a kidnapped girl in the Philippines, and Army interpreters in Iraq battle their toughest foe: the rats infesting Saddam s palace. All profits from the book will be donated to service-related charities chosen by our contributors as personally meaningful to them: Objective Zero Foundation, Air Force Assistance Fund, the USO, Armed Services Arts Partnership, Paws & Effect, and the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. Edited by ALEX DE CAMPI and Iraq War veteran, KHAI KRUMBHAAR, and with art from PETER KRAUSE, PJ HOLDEN, SKYLAR PATRIDGE, DAVE ACOSTA, and more!

A great read and teaching tool for National Indigenous History Month!Learn about the history of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Peoples in Canada from confederation to the Oka Crisis and beyond in this Indigenous graphic novel anthology for young adults.Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey showing how Indigenous peoples have survived a post-apocalyptic world since Contact.Read this book yourself or with students to learn more about Indigenous history and the history of colonization in Canada. Explore the following:the story of Annie Bannatyne, a Red River Métis woman, whose reaction to a Canada First settler’s racist article inspired a young Louis Rielresistance against assimilation and the potlatch ban through the story of Ligwiłda'x̱w Chief Billy Assuthe conflict between Indigenous traditional law and Canadian law through the Indigenous horror story of windigo killer Jack Fiddler and his brother, Josephdiscrimination against Indigenous veterans through the story of Francis Pegahmagabow, the most effective sniper of World War IInuit naming traditions, shamanism, and identity discsthe Sixties Scoop and the abuse faced by Indigenous children in foster care land claims and the Dene Nation’s fight to defend the North from the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline through the story of Chief Frank T’Seleietreaty rights, “salmon wars,” and the 1981 raids by fishing wardens and the Quebec Provincial Police on Mi’gmaw fishers in ListugujElijah Harper’s rejection of the Meech Lake Accord and the Kanehsatà:ke Resistance, also known as the Oka Crisisland and water defense movements, and what an Indigenous-led decolonized future might look like through a time-traveling Indigenous futurism storyAlongside each story, find a timeline of historical events, an author’s note, cited sources, and a select bibliography for further reading. An effective teaching tool: Use the Teacher Guide for This Place: 150 Years Retold to simplify your planning! With curriculum connections for grades 9–12, the teacher guide includes 12 comprehensive lesson plans for high school and post-secondary English, History, and Indigenous Studies courses.This is one of the 200 exceptional projects funded through the Canada Council for the Arts’ New Chapter initiative. With this $35M initiative, the Council supports the creation and sharing of the arts in communities across Canada.

In this moving graphic novel, thirteen-year-old Reanna grieves the loss of her older sister. Can she find comfort through her family’s Ojibwe traditions? It’s been a year since Reanna’s sister, Chelsea, went missing on her way home from school. Without any idea of what happened, Reanna and her family struggle to find closure. Driven from her home by memories, Reanna’s mom moves to the big city. Left behind on the reserve, Reanna and her little brother go to live with their dad. Reanna is hurt and angry that her mom has run away. She feels lonely and abandoned…but she is not alone. Lights turn on in empty rooms, and objects move without being touched. There are little moons everywhere.