Invisible Wounds: Graphic Journalism [Hardcover]

Cartoonist Jess Ruliffson spent five years traveling across the country interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, from kitchen tables in Georgia and libraries in New York City to dive bars in Mississippi and back porches in Vermont. What she finds is that the real experience of soldiers at war is a far cry from depictions in popular media likeCandid, compassionate graphic interviews with returning war vets from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. A stark meditation on the cost of war based on interviews with veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. This is an exceptional war chronicle that has something for everyone. ... Each story is wholly unique and touches upon all aspects of identity: age, race, gender, sexuality, and location. Ruliffsons provocative debut profiles 12 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars with sensitivity and unflinching honesty. These dozen dramatized interviews speak for the uncountable war veterans throughout history who died with their PTSD, guilt, and pain undiagnosed and misunderstood. Highly recommended for readers willing to brave the wars inside veterans and thus better understand the wars outside them.