• The Most Costly Journey: Stories of Migrant Farmworkers in Vermont Drawn by New England Cartoonists - Paperback
The Most Costly Journey: Stories of Migrant Farmworkers in Vermont Drawn by New England Cartoonists
The Most Costly Journey: Stories of Migrant Farmworkers in Vermont Drawn by New England Cartoonists

    The Most Costly Journey: Stories of Migrant Farmworkers in Vermont Drawn by New England Cartoonists - Paperback

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    by Marek Bennett (Editor), Andy Kolovos (Editor), Teresa Mares (Editor)

    This non-fiction comics anthology presents stories of survival and healing told by Latin American migrant farmworkers in Vermont, and drawn by New England cartoonists as part of the El Viaje Más Caro Project-a health care outreach effort of the Open Door Clinic and UVM Extension Bridges to Health aimed at addressing the overlooked mental health needs of these vulnerable immigrants. Originally distributed to farm workers as individual Spanish language comic books, this collected edition brings the lives and voices-as well as the challenges and hardships-of these workers to an English-language audience, granting insight into the experiences and lives of the people vital to producing the food we eat.


    Featuring a foreword by Julia Alvarez (Afterlife), introduction by Stephen R. Bissette (Swamp Thing) and preface by project founder, nurse Julia Doucet, these inspiring stories grapple with issues encountered by migrant workers everywhere-isolation, separation, depression, substance abuse-even as they celebrate resilience, family, community, and the ability of each storyteller to direct their own healing narrative. The Most Costly Journey is a gripping work that draws together non-fiction cartooning, graphic medicine and ethnography, channeling the skills of health care practitioners, artists and ethnographers into helping alleviate the pain of others.


    EDITED BY: Marek Bennett, Julia Grand Doucet, Andy Kolovos, & Teresa Mares

    FEATURED ARTISTS: Tillie Walden / Marek Bennett / Kevin Kite / Iona Fox / Kane Lynch / Teppi Zuppo / John Carvajal / Michael Tonn / Angela Boyle / Rick Veitch / Glynnis Fawkes / Greg Giordano / Ezra Veitch / Shashwat Mishra / Michelle Sayles


    FOREWORD: Julia Alvarez

    PREFACE: Julia Grand Doucet

    INTRODUCTION: Stephen R. Bissette

    AFTERWORD: Teresa Mares & Andy Kolovos


    PAGES: 252 / DIMENSIONS: 5.5"x8.5"

    INTERIOR: B&W / COVER: Color

    BINDING: Paperback / LANGUAGE: English

    PRINT ISBN: 978-0-916718-00-8

    LCCN: 2021932606

    Number of Pages: 252
    Dimensions: 0.57 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN
    Publication Date: May 20, 2021
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