Featuring “Drawing Freeman Colby,” an 18-page full-color article about the “Live Free & Draw” comics creation process.
Author: Marek
Cartoonist, musician, teacher.
Republic of Indian Stream (Highway Marker #0001)
“Once a sovereign nation”…
Frontier Quarrels
Five reasons for the raid…
May 18, 1864: Marching (by Molly)
Captured 9th NH men march farther South …
Hannah Dustin in the Snow
A wandering cartoonist visits the site of a massacre…
Hannah Dustin (1697)
“Famous example of frontier heroism.” (sic)
The First Bridle Path
Ethan Allen Crawford ramps up his tourism business…
Willey Family Disaster
A COMICS POEM; Extrapolated from Frank Leavitt’s original 3-verse poem (1885):
Ethan Allen Crawford
Spaulding’s “Giant Mountaineer”…
Ravages of the Wind-Fiend
Two painters summit Mt. Chocorua in 1828…
The Legend of Chocorua
One version of a local legend.
Tom & Hen Hike Chocorua
Drawn from Thomas Cole’s diary.
Wilcox Timeline (by Jess & Molly)
An overview of major events from Wilcox’s diary & letters…
May 11, 1864: Eating and Marching (by Logan)
Wilcox has scarcely enough time to warm his dinner before being ordered into battle…
Civil War Comics Camp
Middle school students research & draw original comics based on local Civil War era primary sources…
August 5, 1862: Wilcox Enlists (by Abby)
Charles Wilcox makes his fateful decision …
May 13, 1864: ‘We lay down on the grass to rest’ (by Sammy)
Wilcox & Co. do their best to survive as prisoners backstage at one of the war’s major battles… Drawn by … More
May 12, 1864: Overcoat (by Keegan)
Wilcox must make an unfair trade with a Confederate surgeon…
May 12, 1864: Captured by Confederates! (by Zander)
Wilcox & 48 fellow officers become prisoners of war …
May 8, 1864: Rebel Cavalry Charge (by Lee)
“Laid on our arms all night last night about a mile from the battlefield…”
May 7, 1864: “Picket firing nearly all night” (by Aidan)
Charles Wilcox means to keep up with his journal, but he keeps getting interrupted…
May 6, 1864: “Marched to Mine Run” (by Aidan)
Charles Wilcox and the 9th NH march southwards…
May 4-6, 1864: Leaving Bristow Station (by Lilly)
The 9th NH Volunteers advance on Confederate lines… Drawn by guest artist Lilly!
“Almost an Accident”
Unsafe cannonades almost end in tragedy for guests at the Profile House…
