ALSO SEE: 📜NH’s 1776 Constitution
Comics by Marek Bennett
Drawn from the original 1784 text.
Published by Comics Workshop (2022)
24 pages / 8.5″x11″ / B&W
Contains the original printable pages of New Hampshire’s Bill of Rights, plus bonus content (Article #83 & “Civic Ignorance”).
AVAILABLE ARTICLES:
Where do our rights come from?
What do our rights look like?
Drawing (& reading) constitutional text in comics form helps us to think in metaphors, & to reason with concrete examples…
How is a state government “constituted”?
There are many remarkable ideas & guarantees built into this 18th century text… IF we can understand & apply them!
More about the NH State Constitution:
What’s YOUR favorite article of your state constitution?
Grab a pencil & a piece of paper, & see what happens when you draw it in comics form! (The results may surprise you.)
- Drawn in vivid black & white, for clarity & drama! (Plus, cheaper printing.)
- For easy printing & display, each article appears on its own full page (or spread).
⭐BONUS FEATURE in the January 6th Edition:⭐
“Civic Ignorance” / From a Discussion with Supreme Court Justice David Souter
I get chills every time I read Souter’s warning from the year 2012… Especially now, so many years later!
SOURCES:
The NH State COMICStitution is drawn directly from the plain text of the NH State Constitution.
For source text & info, see:
MORE ABOUT NH’S CONSTITUTIONS:
NH State COMICStitution 📜✏️ 1776 Preamble
“WE, the members of the CONGRESS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE…” ~ Drawn from the world’s first modern constitution!
CONSTITUTION COMICS #1: “New, Strange & Terrible Doctrines” 💭 (w/ Prof. Updike-Schulzke)
“For the People [are] the Source of all Authority…” ~ John Adams!
NATIONAL & STATE CONSTITUTIONS: What’s the Difference? 📜 (w/ Prof. Williams)
“50% of Americans don’t even realize they have a STATE constitution!”
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