I reflect upon the storytelling approach used in my Rat Park comic. Cartoonists like me are creating little ‘landing pads’ for readers to understand unfamiliar issues. We create accessible ways for readers to absorb new information.
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By ‘drug period’, I refer to the 12 months I spent researching, writing and drawing War on Drugs and Rat Park. This blog post discusses everything I think and feel about drugs as a result of this research.
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The ‘main character’ of my comic Rat Park is Professor Bruce Alexander – a real life psychologist from Vancouver. This blog post describes Bruce’s post-Rat Park research, including his book The Globalization of Addiction. If you liked my comic, you will love his book.
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This is a lengthy blog post about the behind-the-scene ‘making of’ Rat Park. Includes historical photographs of the actual Rat Park experiment from the 1970s, and interesting tidbits which I couldn’t quite fit into my comic.
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Some good news: the War on Drugs and Rat Park printed comics were delivered to me on 16 May. I have now posted these rewards to my crowdfunding supporters, and will soon upload the comic to my website.
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I have recently moved cities from Brisbane to Canberra, which has disrupted progress on my Rat Park comic. Coincidentally, I have just finished reading a book about climate change titled The Great Disruption by Paul Gilding.
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Good news! My crowdfunding campaign was successful. This blog post shares all of my lessons learnt from crowdfunding. Including many tips I wish I’d known beforehand.
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Speaking from inside a box, I discuss the story of my proposed comic Rat Park, about the science of drug addiction. This is the second video from my crowdfunding campaign.
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