I made a comic about Lake Erie and the toxic algae blooms! You can read it now, freely, on Crucial Comix and The Revelator.
This is my first nonfiction comic publication, aside from a 3-page explainer for a Columbus, OH zine about the 3 Sisters crop arrangement (that’s coming later). I had not made a science comic like this before, and I’m glad I accepted the challenge!
On Crucial Comix, it’s, “Lake Erie Was Declared Dead. Now We’re Fighting For Its Life.” On The Revelator (a publication of The Center for Biological Diversity), it’s, “In Ohio, Facing A Future Without Clean Water.”
Here’s a sneak peek of it:
To read the rest of the comic, head to Crucial Comix or The Revelator. Links are above the art.
I want to make more comics like this. The scientists who got me in touch with the biologists for this are expressing interest in working with me again on a separate project. We’ll see who likes the pitch and where we can go with it!
During the making of this comic, I learned *way too much* about Lake Erie. So if you have questions, leave them in the comments and let me know.
That’s all for now. Thanks for reading!
You. Are. Awesome.
Loved this piece so much!! The explanatory graphics about lake depth are really effective and fit in with the rest of the narrative so seamlessly. I am a fellow “Water Belt” (lol) cartoonist and made a comic along similar lines about the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland about ten years ago (https://issuu.com/brynanne/docs/crooked_cuyahoga_for_web_2) so am really excited to find someone else doing this type of work!