A Graphic Novel Journey: Meet SCAD alumni creators of TOKYO ROSE: Zero Hour

If you have graphic novel listed as a goal on your journey map or have a love of graphic novels, tonight is a night you won’t want to miss!

is the true story of a Japanese American Woman's Persecution and Ultimate Redemption after World War II. Iva Toguri was visiting her relatives in Tokyo shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Trapped in Japan, Iva refused to renounce her American citizenship. But she was forced to take a job with Radio Tokyo to host "Zero Hour," a propaganda broadcast aimed at demoralizing American troops--in the role of the infamous Tokyo Rose, "The Siren of the Pacific."

Andre R. Frattino (BFA, sequential art) hails from Florida and has spent most of his comic career writing and illustrating tales focused on history, legends and folklore. He has previously written for Image Comics (SIMON SAYS) and BOOM! Studios (Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Shapeshifters #1). His graphic novel, A Land Remembered: A Graphic Novel was the recipient of the 2018 Florida Book Award (Bronze in Visual Arts).

Kate Kasenow (BFA|MFA, sequential art) is from Indiana, the heartland of America. Her seasoned background in comics ranges from working with publishers like Archaia Entertainment, BOOM! Studios and Oni Press as an illustrator, to a stint editing multiple comics for Comixology in New York City. She's previously worked with comic writer and "Jeopardy" contestant, Andrew Rostan on his memoir, Form of a Question.

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