by Matt Peters Content advisory: Strong language and brief depictions of criminal violence and traumatic injuries In Shadow Doctor, writer Peter Calloway and artist Georges Jeanty tell the story of an early-career doctor in the 1930s whose entry into the medical profession took a perilous detour. Set in Prohibition-era Chicago, the graphic novel follows the early life of Peter Calloway’s real-life grandfather, Dr. Nathaniel Calloway. Dr. Calloway was a Black physician who was steered into a world of underground clinical care, serving one of Chicago’s most notorious gangs. Running a secret clinic in a downtown apartment, Dr. Calloway… Read More
Illegal Cargo
by Matt Peters Content Advisory: Strong language and brief depictions of military conflict and gang violence The anguish of searching for a missing loved one is the central theme of Illegal Cargo, a graphic novel by author and illustrator Augusto Mora. Mora embeds that theme in a story about the many perils that undocumented immigrants face on their journeys from Central and South America to the United States. The main character in Illegal Cargo is José Sendero, a father in El Salvador whose long history of economic and personal hardships has led to a life of excessive drinking…. Read More