A boat on the water during sunset with a silhouette of a coastal town featuring palm trees and small buildings in the background.

Murder in Seadrift

A story about Vietnamese refugees vs the Ku Klux Klan: how racism rattled the Texas town of Seadrift in 1979. The illustration is for the cover of the Post Magazine print version.

This work won an Award of Excellence in the Best of Design from the Society for News Design Awards.

A drawing of a boat on water with flames and smoke in the background and the text 'Post Magazine' at the top.

Rough sketch and layout.

Illustration of a boat on water with a town and palm trees in the background, and large yellow flames in the sky.

Final illustration.

Magazine cover with a boat on water in the foreground and a small town with palm trees and a church in the background, under a sky with large flames. Title reads 'Post Magazine' with a headline 'Death in Texas' and a subheading about Vietnamese refugees and the Ku Klux Klan.

Post Magazine cover.

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