Mini Comic 9 – Following Orders
Here’s a short comic that had me thinking about how a system of government needs and thrives with loyal, unquestioning workers to follow orders. They need folks to not step out of line, to not think. But if they do, keep it to themselves. It does not work without obedience OR ignorance from its citizens. What is the United States rank education wise? So, I wanted to depict a soldier, defense contract worker, and journalists with the words “Stop Following Orders”. Right now, the US and Israeli governments are playing a vicious game with real lives by bombing Iran. Some questions come to mind when I think of this:
- Why does the US have over 700 military bases worldwide? Why are they there? Would it be ok if other countries had military bases within USA borders? Why or why not?
- Why are some countries permitted to have nuclear weapons and others not? Should nobody have them?
- What are we as workers, individuals, and groups of people willing to go along with in order to have peace, safety? Will we put up with war, genocide, or child sex trafficking as long as it don’t affect our direct family?
- What could the US government provide for our citizens if so much of our budgets didnt go to the military industrial complex? Policing? etc
- Do people in the US understand how the US government and ultra wealthy corporations have tampered with, sabotaged, interfered with, destroyed, overthrown, or controlled other nations across the world? Especially the global south?
Whats this? I’ve had fits and starts with comics since 2007. In 2016 I started working on an epic graphic novel and it was too much, I couldn’t finish. So I took a break and began doing mini comics in 2021 (shorter more manageable stories) so I could do the most important part; finish them. This is a continuation of that. My accountability partner is my cousin and artist; Zhanne Easter.
Dig this? Check out some of my other mini comics
- Show prep-2 pgs
- ICE out of schools – 2pgs
- Time-10 pgs
- Ride Again-10 pgs
- Trumpet – 2pgs
- New Frontiers Anthology (George Takei)- 1pg
Check out Art of Rob feat 130 pages of drawings, sketchbook pages, illustrations, etc.
