I just finished this illustration on Friday for the New York Times. The article was about a fella named Ryan Boyette who was part of a Christian group who went to Nuba to teach and help build churches. Boyette fell in love with a woman there and married her, but when Sudanese government began to bomb Nuba by plane, Boyette’s Christian group was evacuated out. Boyette stayed behind to be with and help his new family. He is now helping the Nuba resistance by taking video of the atrocities that are occurring to the people of the area and getting the American public aware of what is going on. He is in hopes that our government will step in and aid Nuba.
That is one admirable dude. I looked up some of the bombings of Nuba on YouTube and it is pretty scary. I can’t imagine having nothing and then having someone in a plane bombing me with the intent of taking my nothing away. I’ve been told that I’m an idealist, but I can’t help but think jerks choose to be jerks, and they wouldn’t have to be if they instead chose to be awesome just like me.