We approached the supremely talented artist and social justice activist Billy Dee with the idea of creating a one page “comic” illustrating the school to prison pipeline (STPP). Billy created “Sent Down the Drain” in response to our request. Billy volunteered time and artistic skills to help us in our quest to raise awareness about the destructive and pernicious impact of harsh school disciplinary policies.
Created by Billy Dee for Suspension Stories (2010)
We have created a set of questions that can be used along with the comic as popular education tools. In the spirit that Billy exhibited in creating this work, we are making the comic freely available to anyone who wants to use it. We do ask, however, that you credit “the Suspension Stories Project” if you reproduce it. The comic and discussion questions are now available for downloading.
This is the full sized version of the comic:
Sent Down the Drain 11 by 17 version of Comic
Recognizing that not everyone has access to 11 by 17 printing capabilities, here is a version of Sent Down the Drain on 8.5 by 11 paper. Print both copies and tape them together.
Sent Down the Drain 8.5 by 11 (part 1)
Sent Down the Drain 8.5 by 11 (Part 2)
Here are the discussion questions:
