In a new long-form graphic novel, the seven main characters ... the true stories of seven New Orleans residents who survived Hurricane Katrina and how they recovered in the aftermath.

Dear Annie: I am a survivor of the flooding after Hurricane Katrina. One lesson I learned from that horrific experience is that I had lost a lot of “stuff” that I didn’t need to replace.

Seven years ago, she survived the mass ... her experience in a debut graphic novel, Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting, hoping that it will help others. "[This book] was something that ...