BORDERx: A Crisis In Graphic Detail

BORDERx is a comix anthology to raise funds and awareness for the humanitarian crisis at the US border, to benefit the South Texas Human Rights Center. With over 70 artists and writers who explore the crisis from a variety of perspectives.

Publisher Marketing: "Art has always changed and challenged systems, and the artwork in the pages of BORDERx does just that. Read this anthology so we can build a new world together." -Kathy Najimy, actress, comedian, and women's rights activist "BORDERx explores with incredible honesty what is happening right now to migrant families at our southern border. The art within these pages asks us to be both accountable for stoping these atrocities and for creating a just world." - Dione Friends, former Communications Director, ACLU Texas "BORDERx's visual storytellers offer poignant glimpses into the heart-wrenching experiences of hopeful migrants and asylum seekers who risk everything in their search for a better life." -Cynthia von Buhler, creator of Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini and The Illuminati Ball "Art has the power to both reveal truths about our world as it is and help us envision the world we want. Each page within BORDERx is a call to action for our shared humanity." -Kristina Kiehl, Film Producer and Co-Founder Voters for Choice Prologue by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) with an introduction by W. Warren Binford and Michael Bochenek Table of Contents : Acknowledgments 4 Prologue- U.S. Senator Jeffrey A. Merkley 5 Foreword- Michael Garcia Bochenek and Warren Binford 7 Introduction- Mauricio Alberto Cordero 9 The Exhibits 11 Exhibit #57- David Lasky 12 Exhibit #16- Lee Jacob 13 Exhibit #5- Jeff Haas, Ame Wright 14 Exhibit #10- Mauricio Alberto Cordero 15 Exhibit #32- John Burkett 16 Exhibit #25-Teresa Roberts Logan 17 Exhibit #55- Lan Pitts, Felipe Ondara 19 Exhibit #50- Mac Toot 20 Exhibit #7- Roel Torres 21 Exhibit #35- Samantha Stephenson 22 Eisegesis- Lee A. Gooden, Rod Jacobsen 23 Exhibit 31- J.M. Hunter, Mark Gerald Repaja 26 The Response 28 Water Stations Save Lives- David Martin Davies, Mauricio Cordero, Consuelo Terra 29 Crisis In Clint- Rob Hochschild, David Brame, Roel Torres 35 Anime Blu- Paolo Massagli 43 Safe Passage Project- Peter Kuper, Tracy White 48 The Context 63 Dora- Script By Frederick Luis Aldama Art By Oscar Garza Edited By Rolando Esquivel 64 Kittens in Cages- Yvette Benavides, Chris Doray, Roel Torres, Mark Gerald Repaja 68 ...But It Does Rhyme- Paul Axel, Craig Florence 76 As Long As They Come Here Legally- Phoebe Cohen 82 Texas Killed Him- Brian Delay, Mauricio Alberto Cordero 89 Sunset at Alpine- Alex Lewis, Mimi Swartz 95 Moving- Donnie J. Lee 99 The Line- Mike Roth, Hernán González 106 Cynthia- Roel Torres 109 The Ruminations 117 Rose Colored Glass- Sal Fitzgerald, Raymond Griffith 118 Hope- Cem Iroz 124 The Return of the Monkey's Paw- Mauricio Alberto Cordero, Roel Torres 128 Sink?- Tom Hart 135 A Few Years From Now- John A. Short, Andrew Richmond 140 Silence- Dean Westerfield 143 The Posters 151 Poster by Cat Willet 152 Poster by Mauricio Alberto Cordero 153 Poster by Simon Russell 154 Art By José Alaniz 155 Poster by Eric Garcia 156 Poster by Walter Alice Sickert 157 Poster by BP Johnson and Elisabeth Queen Liz 158 Art by Donna Barr 159 Poster by Walter Alice Sickert 160 About The South Texas Human Rights Center 161 Publisher Marketing : The BORDERx Anthology Project has attracted comic book artists from around the world to examine the issue of migrant detention and immigration policy. We are artists and writers united who are willing to stand in the face of oppression and to denounce it in words and pictures. We use comix as our medium and we have partnered with several organizations and individuals to put the current policies on record. By diving deep into the details, we seek to bring context and depth beyond the headlines. The anthology collects funds for the South Texas Human Rights Center who provide water stations, search and rescue as well as forensic recovery for migrants who take the treacherous journey to cross the border in search of a better life. We have also partnered with Project Amplify and Asylum Seekers Advocacy Program (ASAP) to bring sworn testimonies from migrants to the page. This full color comic anthology features talented artists both established and undiscovered. Contributor Bio: Cordero, Mauricio Alberto Mauricio Alberto Cordero is the founder of BORDERx: A Crisis In Graphic Detail anthology and BORDERx Publishing. BORDERx is a crowdsourced/crowdfunded benefit for the South Texas Human Rights Center. Mauricio also teaches comic book creation/production courses at M.I.T. the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lectures on comic books at schools and universities, tutors comic book creators and has worked in a variety of art settings- the ICA Boston, Boston Center for the Arts and his gallery L'Espace Mauricio Cordero in Tours, France.

Format: Paperback | Pages: 166 | Publication Date: 2020-05-05