![]() ![]() In this compassionate, probing book, Ruliffson reveals how America's endless entanglement in wars have affected the psyches of the people who wage them. ![]() With the death toll climbing above 2,000. Hand-printed images were stained in the darkroom, signifying the unseen virus and trauma sweeping across the region and into the lives of communities. Identity lies at the heart of these stories, as they grapple with their gender, their race, and the brutality they've witnessed and caused. This project aims to capture the invisible wounds of a viral outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu, an active conflict zone in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In these illustrated interviews, Ruliffson shares the stories of men, women, and non-binary ex-soldiers who struggle to reconcile their wartimeĮxperiences with their postwar lives. What she finds is that the real experience of soldiers at war is a far cry from depictions in popular media like Zero Dark Thirty or American Sniper. ![]() Interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, from kitchen tables in Georgia and libraries in New York City to dive bars in Mississippi and back porches in Vermont. We feel guilty about the private doubts we have about God and His goodness. Cartoonist Jess Ruliffson spent five years traveling across the country Candid, compassionate graphic interviews with returning war vets from the battlefields ofĪfghanistan and Iraq. ![]()
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