(2013)
PublicAffairs,
2013 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 14.99 USD; 17.50 CAD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Brand
- PublicAffairs in Paper
- ISBN
-
978-1-61039-299-0
- Barcode
- 9781610392990 51499
- Editing
- Peter Osnos (editor-in-chief)
- Color
- Color cover; black and white interior
- Dimensions
- 16cm x 24cm
- Binding
- Squarebound
- Publishing Format
- Graphic Novel
Issue Notes
Each story in this book is a comics adaptation of actual events & testimonies.
[About the Authors]
text article / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Seth Kushner (photograph); Thomas Hammond (photograph)
- Inks
- Seth Kushner (photograph); Thomas Hammond (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
Prologue: The Congo
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; history
- Characters
- Henry Morton Stanley; King Leopold II; Joseph Mobutu; Laurent-Desire Kabila; Joseph Kabila; Joseph Kony
- Synopsis
- A history of the Congo.
- Keywords
- Bantu; Belgium; Congo; Kongo; Lord's Resistance Army; Mbwila; Pygmies; United Nations
Chapter One: The Teacher
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; history
- Characters
- Fidel Mboligikpele
- Synopsis
- Schoolteacher Fidel flees from Duru when the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) invade; he is devastated to learn none of his students escaped.
- Keywords
- Congo; Dungu; Duru; Republic of the Congo
Chapter Two: The Priest
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; history
- Characters
- Father Peter; Okwera; Father Ferruccio Gobbi
- Synopsis
- Two Catholic priests are abducted by the LRA, but are given a stay of execution and sent home.
- Keywords
- Congo; Duru; Lord's Resistance Army
Chapter Three: Joseph Kony
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; history
- Characters
- Joseph Kony
- Synopsis
- A history of Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army.
- Keywords
- Acholi; Darfur; Lord's Resistance Army; Sudan; Uganda; United Nations
Chapter Four: The Soldiers
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; history
- Characters
- George W. Bush
- Synopsis
- The USA supports Uganda in a major assault against the Lord's Resistance Army, but they fail.
- Keywords
- Congo; Dungu; Faradje; Kampala; Lord's Resistance Army; Operationg Lightning Thunder; Uganda; Ugandans; United Nations; Washington DC
Chapter Five: The Girl a Portrait of Patricia
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; history
- Characters
- Patricia; Ernest Sugule
- Synopsis
- Patricia is kidnapped by the Lord's Resistance Army and forced to be a 'wife' to them. After being liberated from the army she has to regain a normal life.
- Keywords
- Congo; Dungu; Duru; Lord's Resistance Army; Ugandans
Chapter Six: Hillary Clinton
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; history
- Characters
- Hillary Clinton; Joseph Kabila
- Synopsis
- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits the Congo to address issues related to the LRC, but is distracted by media accounts which try to make the trip about her husband.
- Keywords
- Congo; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Kinshasa; United Nations
Chapter Seven: The Peacekeepers
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; history
- Characters
- Joseph
- Synopsis
- The United Nations peacekeepers try to defend civilians from the Lord's Resistance Army.
- Keywords
- Central African Republic; Congo; Dungu; Invisible Children; Kinsangani; Kinshasa; Lord's Resistance Army; United Nations
Chapter Eight: Invisible Children
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; history
- Characters
- Jason Russell; Glenna Gordon; Michael Poffenberger
- Synopsis
- Invisible Children releases the video 'Kony 2012' and receives widespread criticism, but also creates wider awareness of Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army.
- Keywords
- Invisible Children; Kony 2012; San Diego
Epilogue
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; history
- Characters
- Barack Obama; Joseph Kabila; Joseph Kony
- Synopsis
- The USA steps up its attempt to halt the Lord's Resistance Army.
- Keywords
- Democratic Republic of the Congo; Entebbe; Kinshasa; Lord's Resistance Army; Uganda; Washington DC
Postscript: The Rebel Major General
comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; history
- Characters
- Caesar Acellam; Jay Carney; Felix Kulaigye; Barack Obama
- Synopsis
- Gains are made in the struggle against the Lord's Resistance Army, but Joseph Kony remains at large.
- Keywords
- Agoumar; Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Human Rights Watch; Invisible Children; Lord's Resistance Army; Obo; Ugandans
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[About the Authors]
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2.
[Title Page & Credits]
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3.
Table of Contents
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4.
Preface
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5.
Prologue: The Congo
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6.
Chapter One: The Teacher
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7.
Chapter Two: The Priest
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8.
Chapter Three: Joseph Kony
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9.
Chapter Four: The Soldiers
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10.
Chapter Five: The Girl a Portrait of Patricia
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11.
Chapter Six: Hillary Clinton
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12.
Chapter Seven: The Peacekeepers
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13.
Chapter Eight: Invisible Children
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14.
Epilogue
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15.
Postscript: The Rebel Major General
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16.
Epilogue
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17.
Dramatis Personae
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18.
A Note on Proces
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19.
Notes and Sources
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20.
Acknowledgments
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21.
How to Help
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22.
Joseph Kony Is the Most Dangerous Guerrilla Leader in Modern African History.
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- Michael Hoskin
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