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“Like Sacco, there’s an unending curiosity and thirst for truth that drives Archer… Archer’s gift as a storyteller is his ability to quickly distill enormous and complex amounts of information into easily-digestible images.”
The Comics Journal, June 2010 review of the Honduran Coup: A Graphic History
Dan Archer creates non-fictional, journalistic comics to offer a new perspective on US foreign and domestic policy and give voice to stories that wouldn’t otherwise be heard. His journalistic pieces have been published by the Huffington Post, Alternet, The Guardian UK, Presente, Operamundi (Brazil), Expressbuzz (India) and Independent World Report.
He was recently awarded the John S.Knight Fellowship for Professional Journalists at Stanford University, which he will begin in Sept 2010.
He has also worked with several publishers, including Penguin, Atlantic Books, Random House and Beauclair Books. He is currently working on a graphic novel for Insomnia Publications‘ Vigil Historical Imprint.
He received his MFA in cartooning from the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont and currently co-teaches the graphic novel project through the Creative Writing Department at Stanford University.
Contact him at: dan [at] archcomix [dot] com
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