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Illegal Cargo

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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

Surgeon X – The Path of Most Resistance

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by Matt Peters   Surgeon X: The Path of Most Resistance is a graphic novel that blends dystopian fiction, mystery, and medical drama in a fast-paced story about a global public health crisis. Set in London in 2036, Surgeon X imagines what will happen as the world enters a post-antibiotic era, a time when bacterial infections become increasingly difficult to treat, because bacterial evolution has outpaced pharmaceutical science. In this imagined future, antibiotic-resistant strains have emerged, leaving clinicians all but helpless when treating pneumonia, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, and other infections. In the real world of today, medical experts have predicted that… Read More