Myanmar's Rohingya
Refugees
-The Nib-
Why a national hero is ignoring an international crisis.
Rakhine State, Burma (Myanmar)
August 2016
Umbrella Blackout
-The Nib-
Hong Kong’s protest movement lives on, hounded by government suppression and censorship.
Hong Kong, China
February 2015
A Debt-To-Slave Pipeline is Building You a World Cup Stadium
-The Nib-
The 2022 tournament in Qatar has placed a spotlight on the brutal working conditions of migrant laborers.
Doha, Qatar
July 2014
Seoul Grind
-The Cartoon Picayune-
With over 50 million people, Korea is becoming a huge market for everyone's favorite liquid encouragement.
Seoul, South Korea
June 2013
The Barriers to Higher Education
-Reed Magazine-
A open letter to the California State University system over rising tuition and questionable construction projects.
San Jose, California. USA
May 2012
What Haunts Us
-Uncanny Adventures-
The Japanese attack on Nanjing devastated the Middle Kingdom for generations.
Nanjing, China
May 2012
Cat and Mouse
-Unpublished-
A short storytelling exercise pulled from the renowned Scott McCloud's "Making Comics."
Fictional
April 2011
Seven Hours to Kill
-5x5-
What happens when you let loose a cartoonist with a pen, a sketchbook, and a seven hour layover in Taipei?
Taipei, Taiwan
October 2011
Meanwhile in Korea...
-The Nib-
A scandal involving a cult leader and the president that is so bizarre that it puts America to shame.
Seoul, South Korea
November 2016
There is no "F" in Korean
Institutionalized sexism, misogyny, and the feminism movement changing South Korea.
Seoul, South Korea
November 2016
The New Jim Crow
-Fusion-
Betsy DeVos' 'school choice' movement isn't social justice. It's a return to segregation.
New Orleans, Louisiana. USA
May 2017
Leaving North Korea
-The Nib-
With the cost to defect tripling, fleeing the hermit kingdom just isn’t what it used to be.
Hamgyeongnam-do, North Korea
March 2017
Duterte Declares Martial Law
-The Nib-
The Philippines may be about to slip back into a repeat of the dark history of the Marcos era.
Marawi City, Philippines
May 2017
GMOs Are Helping to Make an Agricultural Crisis in India
-The Nib- / -The Intercept-
Multinational corporations are making a killing off the agricultural patent system.
Madhya Pradesh, India
August 2017
It Was The Worst Of Times
-The Nib-
My send-off to 2017, which saw the Trump administration double down on threats of nuclear war in Korea.
Seoul, South Korea
December 2017
Five Cartoonists on Guns
-The Nib-
My response to continued gun violence in the US from a perspective as a military veteran and as a journalist.
Las Vegas, Nevada. USA
December 2017
Genocide in Myanmar, Right Under the World’s Nose
-The Nib-
New evidence shows the military junta’s actions to ethnically cleanse the Rohingya.
Rakhine State, Burma (Myanmar)
February 2018
“We Are At War”
-The Nib-
Scenes from the ground in Chile, where people are trying to remove the makings of a new dictatorship.
Santiago, Chile
October 2019
Indigenous Activists are Being Assassinated in Chile and Argentina
-The Nib-
A recent murder committed by Chile's Jungle Commando resurfaces pain in the Mapuche community.
Araucania Region, Chile
March 2019
Vultures of Disaster Capitalism
-World War 3 Illustrated-
Venture capitalists descend upon Puerto Rico after Hurricane Marina, ready to privatize the entire island.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
December 2018
Keep Hustling: Gig Economy
-The Nib-
A piece about contractual labor from the perspective of teachers and workers in Latin America.
Santiago, Chile
July 2019
The Struggle isn't Over
-The Nib-
We are in the middle of a coup. Use the word. Become familiar with it. Aftermath of the 2020 US elections.
Washington D.C., US
November 2020
Not 30 Pesos, 30 Years
-Beyond Molotovs-
How song, sewing, and the arts were used to create an opportunity for a post-dictatorship constitution.
Santiago, Chile
April 2024
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