Hondureños Por la Democracia

sponsored by Colectivo Morazán, Hondurans for Democracy and the Riviera Project

July 23 – 6:00-9:00 p.m.
BloomBars
3222 11th Street NW
Colombia Heights Metro
Join us this Friday to celebrate the transformative power of art in the face of overwhelming adversity.

Moved by the military coup and the avalanche of human rights violations that continue to be perpetrated in Honduras, Dan Archer and Nikil Saval created a graphic novel that captures both the horrors and the hopes of the Honduran people as they awaken from their false democracy. (See reviews and more information here: http://www.archcomix.com/honduran-coup-comic/)
The comic originally appeared online in the Huffington Post and Alternet in three parts between October 2009 and January 2010. The first US print run occurred in May.

One goal of the gathering is to raise funds so that the graphic novel can be printed in Honduras, where it will be utilized as an alternative political education tool. Graffiti, documentaries, theater, and other forms of art have been a key force for the pro-democracy opposition movement. And what better place than BloomBars to help contribute to this artistic revival?

There will be live music, drinks, and a video appearance by Dan Archer

$10-25 Suggested donation – Gets you a copy of the graphic novel, printed in both Spanish and English.

If you cannot attend but would like to contribute towards the first Honduran print run, send payment through PayPal to dan@archcomix.com with “DC loves Honduras” and a copy of the Graphic Novel will be shipped to you