Graphic Narrative

My PTSD Will Never Win Best Picture

"That Was Now, This Is Then," a comic by Clancy Tripp

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My PTSD Will Never Win Best Picture

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That Was Now, This Is Then

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About the Author

Clancy Tripp is a writer, graphic narrative artist, and humorist based in the Midwest. Her writing has been published in The Rumpus, Reductress, and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and was selected as the winner of the 2020 Iowa Review Award in Nonfiction. She can be found on Twitter @TheUnrealTripp or on her website at www.clancytripp.com.

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