Tragedy In Pen and Ink

It will be four years this Saturday since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast and submerged the city of New Orleans. Many people were stunned by televised images of chaos and suffering that they could not imagine happening in an American city. Journalists, aid workers, artists, and filmmakers have struggled to tell the story of those desperate days and the months that followed.

Artist and writer Josh Neufeld brings us a new perspective with his graphic novel AD: New Orleans After The Deluge. Through illustrations and dialogue, the book relives the storm and its aftermath through the stories of seven residents. Josh Neufeld joins us for a look back at Hurricane Katrina and to discuss what graphic novels reveal that photography and prose cannot.

Smith Magazine: Excerpts from AD: New Orleans After The Deluge