#jen storm

[sweetflutereads]

“Grief is messy and complex; it is love with nowhere to go.”

— Jen Storm, Little Moons

[torontocomics]

DEBUTING AT TCAF 2019 - THIS PLACE: 150 YEARS RETOLD

This Place: 150 Years Retold By Various Artists $36 CAD, Published by HighWater Press

Explore the last 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are a wild ride through magic realism, serial killings, psychic battles, and time travel. See how Indigenous peoples have survived a post-apocalyptic world since Contact. This is one of the 200 exceptional projects funded through the Canada Council for the Arts’ New Chapter initiative. With this $35M initiative, the Council supports the creation and sharing of the arts in communities across Canada.

Full List of Contributors: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sonny Assu, Brandon Mitchell, Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, David A. Robertson, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Jen Storm, Richard Van Camp, Katherena Vermette, Chelsea Vowel, Tara Audibert, Kyle Charles, GMB Chomichuk, Natasha Donovan, Scott B. Henderson, Ryan Howe, Andrew Lodwick, Scott A. Ford, Donovan Yaciuk

[native-indigenous-characters]

Today’s Native/Indigenous Characters in Media are Ron and Ben from Fire Starters by Jen Storm.

Ron and Ben are Ojibwe, as is the author, Jen Storm!

Back Cover:

Looking for a little mischief after finding an old flare gun, Ron and Ben suddenly find themselves in trouble when the local gas bar on Agamiing Reserve goes up in flames, and they are wrongly accused of arson by the sheriff’s son. As the investigation goes forward, community attitudes are revealed, and the truth slowly comes to light.