PROFILE
FROM Maximilian Uriarte
'White Donkey:' A Graphic Novel About a Marine, Written and Illustrated By a Marine Maximilian Uriarte is an artist, a storyteller and an Iraq War veteran. He started a comic strip while on active duty in the Marine Corps called “ Terminal Lance .” It became popular among Marines, and prompted Uriarte to launch a Kickstarter project to fund a full graphic novel. Terminal Lance: The White Donkey was recently published by Little Brown, and it’s the first graphic novel about the Iraq War written and illustrated by a veteran.
‘White Donkey’: A Graphic Novel About a Marine, Written and Illustrated By a Marine Maximilian Uriarte is an artist, a storyteller and an Iraq War veteran. He started a comic strip while on active duty in the Marine Corps called “Terminal Lance.” It became popular among Marines, and prompted Uriarte to launch a Kickstarter project to fund a full graphic novel. “Terminal Lance: The White Donkey” was recently published by Little Brown, and it’s the first graphic novel about the Iraq War written and illustrated by a veteran.
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