Collected Comix 2012 – 2017
Here are free links to most of the comics I’ve written over the last five years — graphic journalism, memoir, and straight toons — published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Nib, Truthout, The Los Angeles Times and more. Thanks to all the wonderfully talented graphic journalists/artists I’ve worked with thus far: Josh Neufeld (cover image by Josh!), Jason Novak,Marc Parenteau, Erik Thurman Dan Carino, Dan Archer,Peter Glanting and Arthur King. Right now, I’m at work on a book-length graphic memoir focused on being a father while living with brain cancer, building on the some of the work published here (contact at bottom). CLICK ON THE TITLE TO ACCESS THE COMIC!
Philosophers at Theme Parks with Jason Novak in the New Yorker’s Daily Shouts
Graphic Essay: Betsy DeVos’ ‘School Choice’ Movement Isn’t Social Justice. It’s a Return to Segregation. With Erik Thurman for Fusion (now Splinternews)
No Shame in Staying Alive: How Medical Marijuana Helped Saved Me from Brain Cancer with Marc Parenteau at Fusion
A Scanner Constantly with Josh Neufeld at Pacific Standard
Notification: You’ve Got Cancer with Josh Neufeld, at The Boston Globe
Pink Ribbon Envy: Living with an Uncool Cancer (with Dan Archer, and Medium’s The Nib)
Children of the Code: Big Data, Little Kids with Dan Carino, at Truthout
The Perfect Cancer Patient with medical sociologist Gayle Sulik and Marc Parenteau at Narritve.ly. CLICK HERE FOR AN Extra Scene, not published in the original!
This School Is Not A Pipe with Josh Neufeld, at Truthout
The Teacher Ghetto with Jason Novak, at The Atlantic
Playground Purgatory with Jason Novak at The Boston Globe
What’s After Post-Truth? with Jason Novak in The Awl
House-Hunters Interdimensional with Jason Novak at The Nib
The Internet of Living Things with Jason Novak at The Los Angeles Times
The War on Everything with Jason Novak at The Los Angeles Times
Lesser Known Cabinet Positions with Jason Novak at The Boston Globe
Mythical Beasts of 21st Century Technology with Jason Novak at The Boston Globe
The Google Succubus
Modern Day Patron Saints with Jason Novak at The Awl
It Came From the Comments Section! with Jason Novak at The Awl
Board Gaming The System (with Jason Novak for the Peabody Essex Museum’s (Salem, MA) Playtime Exhibit).
The Game of Artificial Life
Magical Thinking: The Unraveling
Walls and Fences
The Gates Education Reform Hype Machine and Bizzare Inequality Theory (with Dan Carino, at Truthout
The Disaster Capitalism Curriculum: The High Price of Education Reform (Episode 1) (with Dan Archer, at Truthout)
Murky Water: The Education Debate in New Orleans (with Dan Archer, at Truthout)
The Finnish Alternative: Reclaiming Public Education From Corporate Reform (with Dan Archer, at Truthout)
Trump Universe with Peter Glanting in Project Censored 2018 (Seven Stories Press)
For inquires: adam.bessie@gmail.com
My Collected Comix Journalism
Here are my current works of graphic journalism and memoir which have appeared in The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Los Angeles Times, Pacific Standard, FUSION.NET, The Nib, Narrative.ly and Truthout. Thanks to all the wonderfully talented graphic journalists/artists I’ve worked with thus far: Josh Neufeld (cover image by Josh!), Jason Novak,Marc Parenteau, Dan Carino, Dan Archer and Arthur King. CLICK ON THE TITLE TO ACCESS THE COMIC!
Cancer Comix
The Perfect Cancer Patient (with medical sociologist Gayle Sulik and Marc Parenteau at Narritve.ly. CLICK HERE FOR AN Extra Scene, not published in the original!
No Shame in Staying Alive: How Medical Marijuana Helped Saved Me from Brain Cancer (with Marc Parenteau at Fusion)
A Scanner Constantly (with Josh Neufeld at Pacific Standard)
Notification: You’ve Got Cancer (with Josh Neufeld, at The Boston Globe)
Pink Ribbon Envy: Living with an Uncool Cancer (with Dan Archer, and Medium’s The Nib)
Education Comix
Children of the Code: Big Data, Little Kids (with Dan Carino, at Truthout)
This School Is Not A Pipe (with Josh Neufeld, at Truthout)
The Disaster Capitalism Curriculum: The High Price of Education Reform (Episode 1) (with Dan Archer, at Truthout)
Murky Water: The Education Debate in New Orleans (with Dan Archer, at Truthout)
The Finnish Alternative: Reclaiming Public Education From Corporate Reform (with Dan Archer, at Truthout)
The Teacher Ghetto (with Jason Novak, at The Atlantic)
The Gates Education Reform Hype Machine and Bizzare Inequality Theory (with Dan Carino, at Truthout)
Automated Teaching Machine: A Graphic Introduction to the End of Human Teachers (with Arthur King, at Truthout)
The Perfect Cancer Patient – EXTRA SCENE!
Here is an EXTRA SCENE from my comicTHE PERFECT CANCER PATIENT (with co-author medical sociologist Gayle Sulik and co-author/illustrator Marc Parenteau). This is the concluding scene that we decided to leave out for this version at Narrative.ly.
The MAGAchurian President
Tales from the Alt-Fright
Words: Adam Bessie
Illustration: Max Rodriguez (http://maddogdraws.tumblr.com)
Concept: Sol (5 years old)
Election PTSD (President Trump Stress Disorder)
By Adam Bessie and Illustrated by Jason Novak
Morning in America, 2016
Original Panorama
Illustration by Jason Novak
Concept by Adam Bessie & Jason Novak
June 2016 UPDATE: The Complete Bessie Comix Collection
Here are ALL my current works of graphic journalism, memoir, and editorial cartoons which have appeared in The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Los Angeles Times, Pacific Standard, FUSION.NET, The Nib and Truthout. Thanks to all the wonderfully talented graphic journalists/artists I’ve worked with thus far: Josh Neufeld, Jason Novak,Marc Parenteau, Dan Carino, Dan Archer and Arthur King. Below, you can find interviews, scholarly articles, and contact info. CLICK ON THE TITLE TO ACCESS THE COMIC!
No Shame in Staying Alive: How Medical Marijuana Helped Saved Me from Brain Cancer (with Marc Parenteau at Fusion)
A Scanner Constantly (with Josh Neufeld at Pacific Standard).
Analysis of “Scanner,” by author of Pink Ribbon Blues Gayle Sulik PhD: “The Dehumanizing Impact of Biomedical Surveillance”. Breast Cancer Consortium.
See also: The Comic Book Cure for Cancer (a brief personal essay discussing the role of comics writing in my cancer journey, Brain Tumour Magazine, June 2016). The title is inspired by Salvatore Iaconesi’s “My Open Source Cure for Cancer,” which is discussed in “A Scanner Constantly.”
Playground Purgatory (with Jason Novak at The Boston Globe)
The War on Everything (with Jason Novak at The LA Times).
The Mythical Beasts of 21st Century Technology (with Jason Novak at The Boston Globe)
An American Tradition (with Jason Novak at Truthout). This is our first panorama comic (inspired by Rube Goldberg and other early newspaper artists).
The Stages of Housing Grief (with Jason Novak at The Boston Globe)
The Lesser Known Features of Teacher Housing (with Jason Novak at The San Francisco Chronicle)
The Teacher Ghetto (with Jason Novak, at The Atlantic)
Notification: You’ve Got Cancer (with Josh Neufeld, at The Boston Globe)
Pink Ribbon Envy: Living with an Uncool Cancer (with Dan Archer, and Medium’s The Nib)
And here’s an insightful analysis by Gayle Sulik, author of the stellar book Pink Ribbon Blues, who was the interview subject for “Pink Ribbon Envy”: Visualizing Social Change: The Power of Graphic Arts
Children of the Code: Big Data, Little Kids (with Dan Carino, at Truthout)
This School Is Not A Pipe (with Josh Neufeld, at Truthout)
The Disaster Capitalism Curriculum: The High Price of Education Reform (Episode 1) (with Dan Archer, at Truthout)
Murky Water: The Education Debate in New Orleans (with Dan Archer, at Truthout)
The Finnish Alternative: Reclaiming Public Education From Corporate Reform (with Dan Archer, at Truthout)
The Gates Education Reform Hype Machine and Bizzare Inequality Theory (with Dan Carino, at Truthout)
Automated Teaching Machine: A Graphic Introduction to the End of Human Teachers (with Arthur King, at Truthout)
-Thanks to journalist Lukas Plank for compiling an early version of this list on his website.
http://comicsjournalism.net/2014/10/29/adam-bessie/
Interviews on Graphic Journalism:
Truthout TV on The Gates Foundation Education Reform Hype Machine (with Dan Carino)
Russia TV’s “Breaking the Set” with Abby Martin on Automated Teaching Machine
Segment starts at about 2:30
“From Kafka to Computers, a Graphic History of Automation in Education,” Chronicle of Higher Education, Megan O’Neil. On “Automated Teaching Machine”
Selection of Scholarly Articles on Comics:
“Warning: This Article Contains Graphic Journalism,” Truthout. Includes interviews with established graphic journalists Ted Rall, Sarah Glidden, Matt Bors, and Dan Archer. 2011
“Literacy and the Graphic Novel: Prejudice, Promise, and Pedagogy.” From Critical survey of graphic novels : history, theme, and technique / editors, Bart H. Beaty, Stephen Weiner. 2012
Entry on Guy Delisle’s “Burma Chronicles.” From Critical survey of graphic novels : independents and underground classics / editors, Bart H. Beaty, Stephen Weiner. 2012
“Uncensoring Comix Journalism: An Introduction for Educators” . Prepared for English Council of California Two-Year Colleges Conference, 2013.
“Unmasking the Graphic Novel: Learning Summary and Close Reading Through Comics.” Inside English: Journal of the English Council of California Two-Year Colleges. 2009. Winner of 2009 ECCTYC Best Article of the Year. Republished in Visions Across the Americas, 8th Edition (Sterling Warner, Ed). [Email for a copy]
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