Listen up, y’all! We gonna talk about some comics about water pollution. Yeah, them picture books ain’t just for kids no more. They tellin’ stories ’bout real stuff, like how we’re messin’ up our water.
Now, I ain’t no fancy scholar or nothin’, but I seen enough dirty ditches and cloudy creeks in my day to know somethin’ ain’t right. And these comics, well, they showin’ it all, plain as day.
I heard tell of some fella, Paul Whitehouse, he went travelin’ up north, seein’ things with his own eyes. Probably saw some nasty water up there too. It ain’t just us down here, it’s everywhere, seems like. These comics, they ain’t just about one place, they’re about the whole dang world.
They got this thing called Earth Day, they say. And for that day, they made a whole bunch of comics about how we’re treatin’ the earth bad – climate changin’, trash pilin’ up, water gettin’ all mucked up. They talk about the seas risin’ too, which is scary if you think about it. Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink, like that old sayin’ goes. Only this time, it’s ’cause it’s all poison.
One comic, they call it “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch”. A fella named Ben Garvey, he made it. Imagine, a whole ocean of trash! Plastic bottles, bags, all kinds of junk just floatin’ around. The fishes gotta swim in that mess, and then we eat the fishes. Ain’t right, is it?
These comics, they ain’t just pretty pictures. They got stories, you know? They show you how the water gets dirty. Factories dumpin’ stuff, farmers sprayin’ chemicals, folks just throwin’ trash wherever they please. It all adds up, you see.
- Factories and pipes: Lots of comics show pipes dumpin’ nasty stuff right into the water. Makes you think twice ’bout where your water comes from, don’t it?
- Trash and garbage: Pictures of rivers and beaches covered in trash. Makes your stomach turn, it does.
- Chemicals and sprays: They show how the stuff farmers use to make crops grow can end up in the water. And that ain’t good for nobody.
- Sick animals and people: Some comics show how dirty water makes animals and folks sick. Sad, but it’s the truth.
Some of these comics are long, like books, they call ’em “graphic novels”. Others are short, just a few pictures, but they still get the message across. They got comics online too, made by famous folks. War and Peas, Dinos and Comics, they talk about this stuff too, I hear. It’s good that they’re spreadin’ the word, gettin’ folks to thinkin’.
These comic makers, they ain’t just complainin’, they’re tryin’ to teach us somethin’ too. They talk about how we can use water better, not wastin’ it. And how we can keep it clean, not dumpin’ trash and chemicals everywhere. We gotta be smarter, that’s what they’re sayin’.
One thing these comics make clear is that water pollution ain’t just some faraway problem. It’s happenin’ right here, right now. It’s affectin’ our drinking water, our rivers, our lakes, our oceans. It’s affectin’ the animals, the plants, and us too. We all need clean water to live, ain’t no gettin’ around that.
Water pollution comics, they might seem like a funny way to talk about a serious problem, but they work. They grab your attention, they make you think, and they make you wanna do somethin’ about it. So, next time you see one of them comics, take a look. You might just learn somethin’. And maybe, just maybe, we can start cleanin’ up this mess together. ‘Cause nobody wants to drink dirty water, now do they?
It’s time we stopped treatin’ our water like a garbage dump and started treatin’ it like the precious thing it is. These comics, they’re a good start. They’re a wake-up call, if you ask me. And we all need to wake up before it’s too late. We need clean water, our kids need clean water, and their kids after them. It’s as simple as that.
So let’s pay attention to these stories, let’s learn from ’em, and let’s start doin’ our part to keep our water clean. It ain’t gonna be easy, but it’s gotta be done. And these comics, well, they’re showin’ us the way.
