Cartoonists in Afghanistan

Above: a Matt Bors cartoon about the trip

Ted Rall, along with fellow cartoonists Matt Bors and Steven Cloud, begin their month in Afghanistan.

First thing this morning, I read this Tweet from Matt Bors:

Greetings from Moscow! Waiting for dubai flight w/ @boasas [Steven Cloud] and drawing a comic.

Ted's already there. You can follow him via his Afghan Notebook site.

Michael Cavna's Washington Post column Comics Riffs has the background.


Above: Ted's Afghanistan plan/map that is then colored and posted by Ted's colleague and friend Stephanie McMillan.

The trip, financed by 211 fans and friends, will produce a series of reports from the three cartoonists and, if they return alive, subsequent graphic novels next year.

That "if they return alive" phrase is a very real consideration.

I admire what they are doing and was surprised that Ted is able to keep feeding us pages of what's going on day to day. Fascinating!

I hope they are safe and manage to return home all right.

May the wind be at your back, my friends!