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Now in paperback, The New York Times best-selling graphic nonfiction masterpiece depicting the lives of seven New Orleanians before, during, and just after Hurricane Katrina.Best American Comics, 2010Mother Jones Top Books of 2009Daily Beast RecommendsNew York Best Comics of 2009, Runner UpMTV.com Best Nonfiction Comic of 2009San Francisco Chronicle Best in ComicsA.D. New Orleans After the Deluge is a masterful portrait of a city under siege. Cartoonist Josh Neufeld depicts seven extraordinary true stories of survival in the days leading up to and following Hurricane Katrina. Here we meet Denise, a counselor and social worker, and a sixth-generation New Orleanian The Doctor, a proud fixture of the French Quarter Abbas and Darnell, two friends who face the storm from Abbas s family-run market Kwame, a pastors son just entering his senior year of high school and the young couple Leo and Michelle, who both grew up in the city.
About the Author
Josh Neufeld is a comics journalist known for his graphic narratives of political and social upheaval, told through the voices of witnesses. He is the writer/artist of the bestselling nonfiction graphic novel A.D.: NEW ORLEANS AFTER THE DELUGE (Pantheon) . In addition, he is the illustrator of the bestselling graphic nonfiction book THE INFLUENCING MACHINE: BROOKE GLADSTONE ON THE MEDIA (W.W. Norton) . He was a 2013 Knight-Wallace fellow in journalism at the University of Michigan. Neufeld is a Xeric Award winner, and his work has been nominated for a number of other awards, including the Eisner and the Harvey. His books have been translated into French, Italian, and Dutch. Neufeld's illustrations have appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with his wife and daughter. To learn more, visit www.JoshComix.com.
