Good news, my submission to Tango 9: Love and War has been accepted. The story was written by my lovely girlfriend, Marita and will be printed in December, you can see the publishers website here. The story goes a little like this….
A parallel storyline of a young woman in Toronto, Canada who has organized an Amnesty International protest to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center. The parallel story is of young detainee Omar Khadr, a Canadian national who has been imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay since the age of 15, but never been tried as a young offender, and has been detained for 6 years without a fair trial. The story will follow the girl, and simultaneously Omar Khadr in prison, both youth of the same age, and will have an underlying theme of general collective human love and empathy, and how the care and concern of one girl can make a difference to a boy living in harsh and inhumane conditions. Her love and empathy helps to keep his spirit alive. (written by Marita Obst)
The story has been well received in Canada by the local Amnesty International groups and has even been put on to the official Amnesty.ca blog.
Now for a little preview of the comic (pages 1, 2, 5)…..
Anyway, thats just some of my news. More later.
Cheers.
