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In the mid 1940s, after the end of the Second World War, the United States government used an area of coral atolls in the Pacific as a testing ground for the most powerful weapons ever developed. To do this, the residents of Bikini Atoll had to be relocated to nearby Rongerik Atoll for what they believed to be a short period of time. 80 years later, they have yet to return to their home of Bikini.
American Bikini is inspired by the true events of this relocation and the mistreatment of the islanders that damned them for generations.
Told through the eyes of a test animal found swimming in the waters of Bikini after one of the atomic bomb tests.
My name is Danny Harrell. I’m a comic book writer/colorist and at one point long ago, a journalist. Several years ago, I began reading about the tests at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, and I was shocked that this story wasn’t covered extensively in the history books that I was taught in high school and college. Sure, I knew that the atomic bomb was tested at Bikini Atoll, but I had no clue of the mistreatment of the people of the Marshall Islanders during this time and beyond.
This sent me down a research rabbit hole over the course of a few years. I decided that I wanted to take my next creator owned comic series in a more factual/historical inspired direction and I began crafting a tale that eventually became American Bikini.
While not 100% non-fiction, no specific individuals are represented in the book, the story pulls from a number of the real life events that took place during the atomic bomb tests.
I teamed with artist Alex Weather, and together we brought this tale to life. The book is drawn by Alex and written, colored and lettered by myself.
Cover art by Jim Lawson and Alex Weather and colored by Danny Harrell.
All pages of the first issue are ready to go to print, so this Kickstarter is meant to cover the cost of printing and shipping, and possibly to recoup some of the cost associated with producing the book and get us started on issue two.
As of April 28th, this project has raised $1,055 of their $1,000 goal. This project has 9 days left to raise as much as it can. For a pledge of $12, you will get one digital book. For a pledge of $20, you will get one physical book. To learn more and to pledge money, go to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/americanbikini/american-bikini-1?r
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