Premise
For this project, I worked to create a 4-12 page comic telling the story of an American transitioning back into America after many years of working as a full-time educator and missionary in Nigeria. As a younger man, about the age of 28, Anthony Wertz got the opportunity to work full time in Lagos, Nigeria, as an educator. After working for three years pior as an American educator, he felt he could make a bigger difference if he worked abroad. And so, Anthony packed up and flew 13 hours away from his home of Nashville, Tennessee. During his time in Lagos, Anthony immersed himself into the Nigerian culture. The government, the people, and the definition of Nigerian citizenship.
About 30 years later, Anthony returns to his hometown to spend has last few years as an educator before returning, but faces many unexpected challenges in re-becoming the American citizen he once was. He has to relearn what it means to live as an American citizen. |