education schools
May
25
2022
The May 2022 Uvalde elementary school shooting in Texas renewed national debate over gun access and classroom safety. The piece responds by showing how fear of shootings has reversed typical family dynamics around school attendance. It takes the position that ongoing gun violence has made schools sites of dread rather than routine education.
Apr
26
2022
The cartoon shows a graduate in cap and gown reaching for a mortarboard marked college cost that floats away. Subsequent panels depict the same figure in graduation attire looking upward with diminishing prospects. The sequence ends with a graduate extending a hand in a resigned gesture. The work addresses the persistent challenge of rising tuition and resulting student debt for degree recipients around spring 2022.
