I was troubled by the BP oil spill, so I created this comic book, which explores the history of our dependence on oil. It features a historical vignette about Jacques Cousteau’s personal transformation from a spear fisherman to an environmentalist. This is an optimistic take on the possibility of dramatic transformations, one that I hope our society will make with regards to oil-dependence.
Some excerpts from the book:
Download the Comic Book (PDF – 4.5MB)
If you have a Mac, and you open this PDF in Preview, you can select View > PDF Display > Two Pages and Preview will orient the pages into spreads with facing pages, just like you were reading the printed comic. I hope you like it. Let me know what you think!
This book was created at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, VT.
