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New York, NY: Jess Ruliffson (Invisible Wounds: Graphic Journalism) in conversation with Brian Doerries (The Theater of War) and Peter Catapano (Question Everything: A Stone Reader) at Society of Illustrators

Society of Illustrators 128 East 63rd Street, New York

Join Jess Ruliffson in conversation with Bryan Doerries and Peter Catapano as they discuss Invisible Wounds, Jess’ new comics journalism project which is based on candid, compassionate graphic interviews with returning war vets from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. Cartoonist Jess Ruliffson spent five years traveling across the country interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, from kitchen tables in Georgia and libraries in New York City to dive bars in Mississippi and back porches in Vermont. What she finds is that the real experience of soldiers at war is a far cry from depictions in popular media...