pickJim Terry‘s father was white & his mother Indigenous (Ho-Chunk). Both parents struggled with alcoholism. This moving memoir documents the artist‘s turbulent childhood & sense of alienation, leading to his own addiction to alcohol. He takes us with him to rock bottom, then to sobriety. Attending the protest at Standing Rock helped bring him home to himself. His brushwork art & rich blacks throughout is reminiscent of Eisner‘s. #comics #Indigenous
“Have coffee & feed them & let them know we are doing this for their children too.”
The peaceful approach to dealing with pipeline company infiltrators at Standing Rock is as inspirational to me as it was to the author of this memoir.
When I quit drinking I was worried about inspiration—losing that “high white note”—the perfect buzz level that seemed to open the mind and the heart. I was terrified of losing that magic.
What I discovered in sobriety was that the magic was utter fantasy. The inspiration came from hard work and discipline, and I‘d been eager for structure and a work ethic.
My heroes changed, my work improved, my life changed.
I was drawing comics!
[Will Eisner] is showing me there are no limits to what you can do in graphic storytelling.
Come Home, Indio: A Memoir | 
