#iceoutcomics

Something a little different from what I usually post, but my usual posting has been intermittently interrupted since September by getting pneumonia + recovering from pneumonia, so.

*It didn’t fit in these four panels, but to add some more context, there is (was) a middle school next to the ICE facility that had to relocate because “more and more gases and chemicals were being used around our playgrounds and gardens,” and “we started noticing munitions and various things on our playgrounds” (Source: “School near Portland ICE facility relocates amid clashes between federal agents, protesters” Fox12 Oregon, Spencer Schacht). A friend of mine’s younger sibling attends, and they kept having to change the sand in the sandbox because there was so much tear gas.

Here’s the prompt from Instagram:

Panel text: "My phone is a window into the horrors of occupation. // struggle to find the line between witnessing and doomscrolling. / So am playing a lot of Tetris." Panel image: a blue grid on a white background.

Panel text: played Tetris after watching the footage of Renee Good's murder from three angles. week later, paused a livestream on my phone of ICE agents in North about a mile away from my house. could see pops of light, clouds of tear gas illuminated by flashbangs, from my bedroom window. / played Tetris before going to bed. Two days later was in a virtual meeting when the shouts & car homs started. ICE was raiding the gas station on my corner. got my whistle. |played Tetris, my ears still ringing." Panel image: three different Tetris pieces serve as text boxes, with several more in the background.