#dtes

[cogumellow]

rainy day eastside // vancouver, canada // 2017 // ©

[blurrdvisiions]

2025

[tajliyaj]

I put off posting about this project for a long time because my collaborator Kris Cronk whose story this comic tells passed away not long after its publication in 2021.

I'm really proud of this short comic and still feel so grateful to have been a part of this larger project organized by Melanie Kwan and hosted by Megaphone Magazine. Megaphone does vital work in the DTES supporting low-income individuals while changing the narrative on poverty. Melanie had the amazing vision to pair comic illustrators with Megaphone vendors to collaboratively tell their stories.

Kris' priorities in telling his story was to humanize the everyday life of drug users in the DTES, and spotlight his dealer who took care of people in his community in different ways. Kris had so much to say about the way his dealer prioritized the health and wellbeing of sick and elderly, made a point of not dealing to youth, and was always curious and engaged in the lives of others; these wonderful traits were definitely carried by Kris as well. Rest in peace Kris.

[faeriegothfather]

Tripp Jones, Zulu, Scowl, Jesus Piece, and Show Me The Body at the Rickshaw, 09/03/23

[catboymafia]

Open season on this motherfucker. Its THAT pickton family....people say, he framed his dumber brother

Licence plate RD1 XXX

[stillwater67]

Infamous Balmoral

[urbansketcher]

[55555-555-5]

Participant in the DTES Women’s Memorial March

“NO JUSTICE NO PEACE”

The RCMP is a GANG funded by the government

Demand systemic change.