Mustard Seed is a 12-chapter semi-autobiographical graphic novel about my last two years living in Shreveport, Louisiana. With art, colors, and letters from the talented Mark Pate. You can read chapter 1 for free here!
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Mustard Seed is a tale that takes a hard look at teenage homelessness, while pointing out that the solution to such situations might require something deeper within human connection and community; community found in unlikely places, amongst unlikely people.