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Veteran's Day

This is an editorial cartoon I created a few years back for Veteran's Day - with a fire service twist. Please remember our fire Brothers and Sisters who are serving at home and abroad. Take care, stay safe, and come home soon!

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Added by Paul Combs on November 11, 2009 at 7:43am — 2 Comments

Post 9/11 Illnesses

My first fireengineering.com illustration has been posted as the featured commentary. This is the first of many, many illustration to come. I will be producing two illustrations per month and sincerely hope to have your feedback and comments. Whether you like the commentary, or not, it's meant to spur introspective thought and healthy conversation and debate. Let's go... With my first post coming so close to another sobering 9/11 milestone, I thought it only appropriate to bring light to anothe… Continue

Added by Paul Combs on September 8, 2009 at 10:38am — No Comments

Suicide Awareness

Due to numerous comments, I'd like to take a moment and highlight one of my recent Fire Engineering mag illustrations. The illustration in question tackles the topic of firefighter suicide and the fact that we can't always see the underlying problems that lead to this shattering conclusion. This topic had been eating away at me for over a year before settling on a visual commentary. In 2008, my Department went through such an ordeal when one of our officers, and a personal mentor, committed sui… Continue

Added by Paul Combs on August 30, 2009 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

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