Other Comics

Exploring the borders between an imagined and a real Japan, Beyond Paper Walls is an autobiographical comic about Adam’s experiences in the Kyoto in 2013.   The book uses the comics language of words and pictures to investigate Western perceptions of Japan as a sign of wonder yet also as a real place, while he and his wife take a journey up the Fushimi Inari Mountain.

The Panopticorn is a graphic novel, dealing with the realities of climate change, genetically modified crops, and the industrialization of the American farm. Set in Southern Illinois, the 130 page book follows Mort who finds some seed that hopes may be just what he needs to save his family farm from Gro-Liath, an agri-giant that is buying up all the land in Feldspar Co. Yet when the corn does begin to grow-we discover it may have a sinister plot of its own.