Author Sharon Nir, Lee Francis and Dale DeForest on Native American comic art, The Line Panel
On the next episode of NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS, producer Sarah Gustavus sits down with Sharon Nir, Albuquerque resident and author of “The Opposite of Comfortable,” to talk about her experience immigrating from Israel and the challenges she’s faced balancing career and family.
Correspondent Megan Kamerick talks with Lee Francis, creator of Native Realities Press, the only exclusively Indigenous press for Native comics artists, and producer of the first Indigenous Comic Con. Joining them is Dale DeForest, author of “Hero Twins” comic books, based on Diné folklore.
NMiF host Gene Grant and the Line opinion panelists debate some of the latest stories in the news.
HOST/COMMENTATOR:
Gene Grant
CORRESPONDENT:
Sarah Gustavus
Megan Kamerick
STUDIO GUESTS:
Sharon Nir, author, “The Opposite of Comfortable”
Dale DeForest, Hero Twins author
Lee Francis, Native Realities Press and Indigenous Comic Con
LINE PANELISTS:
Tom Garrity, The Garrity Group PR
Sophie Martin, attorney and editor of DukeCityFix.com
Christine Sierra, retired UNM political science professor
Mary T. Torres, attorney at Law Offices of Mary T. Torres
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