OMG! Life imitating Art. Check out what #NYC #CityCouncil member Chris Marte had to say about #TheChildrensMagicalGarden winning their adverse possession claim to the garden. Read it alongside the penultimate page of #MayahsLot-my environmental justice graphic novel! Both speaking about a community group defeating developers to reclaim an abandoned lot for a park. Link to article and to Mayah's Lot in comments. #environmentaljustice #urbangreen #communitygardens #comics #comicart #writing

#Comics can be a tool for social and environmental change! Honored to contribute to this The Nature of Cities Roundtable. My essay muses about my partnership with Charlie La Greca Velasco creating #MayahsLot, #TheEnvironmentalChronicles and #TheEnvironmentalDefenders. Check it out! #NBSComics #environmentaljustice #climatecrisis #cartoon #NYC #NamingGotham #climatejustice
https://www.thenatureofcities.com/2023/06/12/visual-storytelling-can-comics-help-us-advance-solutions-to-our-social-and-environmental-challenges-yes/