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Adrian Searle, hat als Maler begonnen, Ausstellungen geleitet und ist jetzt der führende Kunstkritiker der britischen Zeitung The Guardian.
Schrieb das Szenario zur Graphic Novel Dougie's War (Freight 2010) über einen ehemaligen Afghanistankämpfer, der mit PTSD (Post-traumatischem Schocksyndrom) heimkehrt.

Dougie’s War is a graphic novel which tells the story of Dougie Campbell, who returns from serving in Afghanistan to his Glasgow home, and deals with the mental war that begins when the physical war ends. Partly funded by Veteran Scotland and dealing with the issue of PTSD, the tale is written by Rodge, with artwork by Dave Turbitt and additional essays by Adrian Searle. Dougie’s War is a hybrid, part-comic, part-homage to the classic Charley’s War (the first comic to deal with what used to be known as ‘shell shock’), and part factual investigation based on months of research with Scottish soldiers who have served all over the world in the past five decades.
The book was published in September 2010 by Freight, an award-winning, independent graphic design and publishing company based in Glasgow, also responsible for Gutter, Scotland’s top literary magazine. It received extensive notices in the broadsheets as well as traditional comic press, with The Spectator saying it “raises questions about the validity of the wars our country is conducting and, particularly, the effect these conflicts have on those involved”. The Sunday Herald said “its attempt to be honest, without being sensational or voyeuristic about the tragedy of war, is a successful and admirable one” and The Big Issue reported that Dougie’s War is “a hard-hitting tale of post traumatic stress syndrome… it hammers home its message without being preachy… as forceful as any conventional novel or non-fiction account”.
DOUGIE’S WAR has been nominated for several prizes. Firstly, Best Graphic Novel at the SICBA Awards 2011. Secondly, at the Scottish Creative Awards 2011, it has been nominated for both Best Publication and Best Illustration, for the work of Dave Turbitt, the artist on the project.
The winners will be announced on October 7th at Edinburgh Corn Exchange. Dougie will also be appearing alongside Pat Mills (2000AD, Judge Dredd, Charley’s War) at Edinburgh International Book Festival on 28th August and at the Internaitonal Festival of Authors in Toronto on October 30th.

Siehe auch: http://www.dougieswar.com/

Brooke Gladstone, amerikanische Journalistin und Medienkritikerin. Hat mit Josh Neufeld ein Sachcomic zu ihrem Fachgebiet verfaßt:

Gladstone, in collaboration with cartoonist Josh Neufeld and others, wrote The Influencing Machine in 2011. Gladstone describes the book as "a treatise on the relationship between us and the news media," further described by Leon Neyfakh as "a manifesto on the role of the press in American history as told through a cartoon version of herself." (...)
Brooke Gladstone, Josh Neufeld (2011). The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media. W. W. Norton & Company.

Dazu Paul Gravett:

The publisher says:
Nearly one million weekly listeners trust NPR’s Brooke Gladstone to guide them through the distortions and complexities of the modern media. This brilliant radio personality now bursts onto the page as an illustrated character in vivid comics drawn by acclaimed artist Josh Neufeld. The cartoon of Brooke conducts the reader through two millennia of history-from the newspapers in Caesar’s Rome to the penny press of the American Revolution and the manipulations of contemporary journalism. Gladstone’s manifesto debunks the notion that ‘The Media’ is an external force, outside of our control, since we’ve begun directly constructing, filtering, and responding to what we watch and read. With fascinating digressions, sobering anecdotes, and brave analytical wit, The Influencing Machine equips us to be smart, savvy, informed consumers and shapers of the media. It shows that we have met the media and it is us. So now what?

Paul Gravett says:
Another smart, accessible docu-comic or graphic non-fiction, imaginatively visualised by Neufeld, author of A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge. We Brits may be largely unaware of American public radio’s Brooke Gladstone, but her insights into the media’s effects are revealing and relevant to us all.