January 31 - Dee Dee in Recovery

It's finally done! Ricki Lee's younger sister Dee Dee stars in her own digital comic book, "Dee Dee in Recovery", geared toward faith-based alcohol and drug recovery programs like Celebrate Recovery and Overcomers Outreach. Dee Dee, a student member of Alcoholics Anonymous, deals with the trauma of having her anonymity broken on YouTube and confronting the guy who posted it.

The thumbnail pages above, in order, are downloadable as JPEG images for use in 12-step support groups or personal reading. A higher quality PDF file is available by clicking here.

January 9 - Introducing Dee Dee

With this cartoon post I'm getting a little serious. As I mentioned in my very first post, Ricki Lee's college sister Dee Dee is a student member of Alcoholics Anonymous. This is one page of a comic book story I am working on right now starring her. In it, she is shocked to find on YouTube a video of her stone drunk from an high school party a few years back... and it breaks her anonymity as an AA member. It is essentially cyberbullying.

In this preview page Dee Dee's parents tell her that, sadly, she set herself up for embarrassment when she chose to get loaded that night. Her AA sponsor Dallas seconds the motion. But mom and dad stand by and love their daughter no matter what.

The complete story will be posted and available as a PDF e-book once I'm done scanning in and coloring all four pages. And while AA is mentioned in this cartoon, it does not imply an affiliation with or endorsement by AA's World Service Office.