A New York City waiter reflects on the changes COVID-19 has wrought on the city in this comic illustrated by Thi Bui.
Sarah Mirk
Digital Engagement Producer
Sarah Mirk (she/her) is a digital engagement producer for Reveal. Since 2017, she has worked as an editor at The Nib, an online daily comics publication focused on political cartoons, graphic journalism, essays and memoirs about current affairs. She works with artists to create nonfiction comics on a variety of complex topics, from personal narratives about queer identities to examinations of overlooked history. Before that, Mirk was the online editor of national feminist media outlet Bitch, a podcast host and a local news reporter. She is also the author of several books, including “Year of Zines,” a collection of 100 handmade zines, and “Guantanamo Voices,” a collection of illustrated oral histories of the world’s most infamous prison. Mirk is based in Portland, Oregon.
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‘I was going to save everybody else in this world.’
Nurse Martha Marx talks about the difficulties of caring for patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic in this interview illustrated by Thi Bui.
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‘My daughter died giving her heart helping.’
Part four of our illustrated series on inequity in the time of pandemic.
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‘It felt like the floor was giving in on me.’
Part of our illustrated series on inequity in the time of pandemic.
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‘Scary times can be exciting as well.’
Part of our weekly series with The Nib on inequity in the time of pandemic. Sean, San Mateo, CaliforniaInterviewed April 13, 2020 Interview by Mallory Newman, illustrated by Thi Bui, script by Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike.
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‘If the virus makes it here, this place is a ticking time bomb.’
Part one in our weekly series with The Nib on inequity in the time of pandemic.