To and From Guantanamo Bay

Authors

Naomy Cardoso Perez

Files

Digital Publisher

VCU Libraries

Publication Date

1-2025

Comments

Entry in the 2025 Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest sponsored by VCU Libraries

Description

Research prize winner in the 2025 Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest.

A man's art becomes his only tether to the real world during his unlawful detention at Guantanamo Bay. When he is offered the opportunity to exhibit his work for a small nonprofit gallery, the Department of Defense forbids the artwork from leaving the compound.

Keywords

comics, contest, censorship, prison, war, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, government control, art, student art

Date of Submission

March 2025

Rights

© The Author

Is Part Of

Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest