Toby Morris (previously) uses animated gifs in his regular cartoon strip for a NZ website; this week, he writes, "I interviewed Hussam, a 16 year old Syrian refugee about how he escaped."
"It's a crazy story, and what I was hoping to do was humanise the situation a bit. 4.7 million stories is impossible to get your head around - one you can empathise with and relate to. Give people a non scary entry point to an otherwise pretty overwhelming story."
The Pencilsword: Hussam and The Death Way
[Toby Morris/The Wireless]
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