An Evening with Tom Hart and Carol Tyler
Carol Tyler discusses her masterpiece "SOLDIER’S HEART: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father, A Daughter’s Story", a sophisticated graphic masterpiece that explores the damaging effects of war and the toll it can take on families.
Tom Hart's "ROSALIE LIGHTNING" is the Eisner-nominated cartoonist's beautiful and touching graphic memoir about the untimely death of his young daughter, Rosalie. His heart-breaking and emotional illustrations strike readers to the core, and take them along his family's journey through loss. Hart uses the graphic form to articulate his and his wife's on-going search for meaning in the aftermath of Rosalie's death, exploring themes of grief, hopelessness, rebirth, and eventually finding hope again.