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Breaking news: I just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund my comics journalism project to investigate human trafficking in Nepal. and read about how you can contribute.
If you’re joining the story late, c to start from the beginning. And whatever you do, don’t eat with your left hand now will you.
Shout outs to Knight Fellow/Media legends/Lovely folks Madhu Acharya and Jaya Luintel for their generous hospitality in helping me get settled in Kathmandu. As for driving, I’ve heard more motorbike horns in the last 24 hours than I have in my entire life. The roads here make London’s look like they belong in a ghost town.
Episode 9 of my nepal comic continues. The asterisk from the first panel was to say that the lady in question was undoubtedly a local, who spent equal parts of the flight looking panic stricken and staring in wonder at my in-flight entertainment mini tv screen. So my hunch is that the tears were ones of relief that her ordeal was coming to an end. Remember, you can help support my trip (which focuses on using visual storytelling to help trafficking survivors give their testimonies to their communities in comics form) by buying a print or original of these here webcomics. Unsurprisingly, all you have to do is click the “Buy Print” button below the comic.
Before you ask, the pastry Gemma’s holding in the last panel was a portuguese custard tart. And it was delicious. More on Nepalese trafficked survivors to Lebanon here.
Anything I’ve left out? Leave your suggestions in the comments. The doohickey in the top right hand corner is a lavalier mic and condenser for the iphone.
One omission I’ve just noticed: camping head light for drawing during electricity black outs, which apparently are pretty frequent in Kathmandu.
Aforementioned Kickstarter project is currently awaiting official approval, for launch this week (hopefully before I leave for Kathmandu on weds). The artwork attests to the challenge of penciling, inking and watercolouring on a airline tray table, flanked by two portly co-passengers. I’ll post the process photo tomorrow. Coming up: what tools I’m bringing on the trip, to satisfy your inner graphic journalism geek.
With the announcement of any new project, you always get the predictable “been there, done that” crowd. Not that graphic journalism’s ever reared its inky head in Nepal (to my knowledge) for that matter. If you’re looking for a link to the Honduran comic, then voila.
