Cartoonist Thi Bui Weaves Together Personal And Political History
Bui's Eisner Award-nominated graphic memoir The Best We Could Do chronicles her family's struggles in fleeing war-torn Vietnam to immigrate to the United States.
by Mallory Yu
Aug 01, 2018
3 minutes
Cartoonist Thi Bui's Eisner Award-nominated graphic memoir is called The Best We Could Do; it's the story of her family in the years before, during and after the Vietnam War. The Eisners — mainstream comics' top award — are given out every year at San Diego Comic-Con, where Bui was one of this year's featured guests.
Alone on stage for her spotlight panel at the convention, Bui invites audience members to come up and read passages
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