Gun Violence 101: A Graphic Guide to How Gun Safety Policies Save Lives
I am pleased to announce the release of Gun Violence 101: A Graphic Guide to How Gun Safety Policies Save Lives, written by Thomas Gabor, PHD, which I designed and illustrated.
The Origin Story
I listen to the news while I’m illustrating. Two years ago, in the Spring of 2023, I was heavily involved with Alithia Ramirez Was an Artist, my picture book biography of a victim of the Uvalde school shooting.
While listening to MSNBC, I heard Nicolle Wallace’s remarkable interview of co-authors Fred Guttenberg and Thomas Gabor. They were making the rounds to discuss their excellent book American Carnage: Shattering Myths About Gun Violence in America.
It was refreshing to hear clear, sober wisdom about gun violence in America. I was so inspired by the conversation, I created an anti-gun-violence social media campaign illustrating quotes by Guttenberg, Gabor, Wallace and others.
I read American Carnage and was immediately inspired. It occurred to me that all of the many shocking statistics could be shown in a visual way, similar to one of my all-time-favorite books, Steal Like an Artist.
I wrote to Fred and Tom and shared my vision for a book chock full of infograhics that would build on their masterwork, American Carnage.
Fred, whose beautiful daughter Jaime was a victim of the horrible Parkland shooting, replied that he was moving away from books; Tom Gabor, however, was interested in collaborating. Not only that, he had a similar idea. We got to work immediately.
Two years later, Gun Violence 101: A Graphic Guide to How Gun Safety Policies Save Lives is finally available from Mango Publishing. My sincere thanks to Fred Guttenberg, who wrote our foreword; to the entire team at Mango Publishing; and especially to my collaborator and friend Tom Gabor. Hopefully all of our efforts will make a difference.
Click here to order your copy from Barnes & Noble today, or support your local bookseller—if they don’t have it in stock, they can get it!
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