John Garvin: Trace War Comic Strip

For Garvin, turning Trace War into a comic strip made a lot of sense: “What I love about the comic-strip medium is how digestible it is. Readers born after about 1990 have no idea because they didn’t grow up with daily newspapers in the house.”

“When I was a kid—and yes I know I sound old now—comic strips were one of our primary sources of entertainment. We had three channels of television, comic books, and the daily strips. I loved them all, but as I got older I started looking for the golden-age adventure and sci-fi strips like Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon.”

“I love how you get a daily bite of story that doesn’t take much time to read or digest. And social media is such a good way to distribute your story: Facebook, Twitter (or X, sigh), TicTok, all can be used to get your comic strip out there.”

The strips here are from Book Seven, following the events of Books One through Six, published in the first two graphic novels.

If you have questions, comments, or want to learn more about Trace War, drop Garvin a line.

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