Comics & Trauma

Resource page for comics related to trauma and the healing process, with current special focus on veterans’ experiences.

Comics Projects:

• Jess Ruliffson: “Invisible Wounds”
  
• Andy Warner: “Invisible Injury”
  
• …

Graphic Novels:

•  Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths [preview PDF]
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  Showa series (Shigeru Mizuki) = History of modern Japan in manga format [PREVIEW PDFs: 1926-1939 | 1939-1944 ] [1944-1953]

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  The Great War  (Joe SACCO)
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  Safe Area Gorazde (Joe SACCO)
• The Docs
• Alan’s War
• …

See also: Comics in WWII Era >>

Books & Other Texts:

• Jonathan Shay: Achilles in Vietnam 
• NPR: David Wood: “Moral Injury Is The ‘Signature Wound’ Of Today’s Veterans” >>
• NPR: Phil Klay interviewed about “Redeployment” (RE: veterans’ stories & the role of storytelling in sharing & healing) 
• National Center for PTSD: DSM-V Criteria for PTSD >>