A pencil drawn comic strip with six panels. Left to right from upper left hand corner: 1) the author and illustrator, Orlando Smith, a Black man in a blue prison uniform, sits in front of a cell with his chin resting on his cheek; 2) Orlando drawing a comic with the title “Grueling Report”; 3) a transparent pregnant person’s torso, with a fetus visible inside, with the caption “Born to the Paradox of Liberty”; 4) a page from a newspaper depicting the murder of 13-year-old Adam Toledo; 5) A white police officer faces forward, holding a thumbs up and smiling, while holding a Black man in handcuffs who looks away; 6) Orlando Smith holds a pencil in his left hand and a sign in the right hand which includes details about his petition: “Please support change.org: Governer Gavin Newsom Grant Commutation for Illustrative Journalist and Comic Book Creator Orlando Smith”
Orlando Smith, Perspective: Inherently Unjust.

Graphite pencil, Derwent color blenders, Prism color pencils, and color gel inks, outlined with Pigma Micron ink; Canson art board paper; dimensions: 11″ x 17″ (creation), 2021.

A pencil drawn comic strip with seven panels. Left to right from upper left hand corner: 1) The top of a building in a prison facility, with the caption “Note: This story takes place during the San Quentin outbreak in 2020”; 2) an image of a CDCR inmate ID with the caption “Tom J. Garner, better known by the state as #AVO377 a low risk prisoner like 80% of the SQ population.” On the ID is the image of a man with dreadlocks. 2) aAcell door with the caption “Mr. Garner was tested positive on June 30”; 3) An image of Tom J. Garner lying on the cot in his cell, crying out, while white corrections officer beyond the cell door turn away, with shields over their faces; 4) a depiction of the tents outside the prison in which Tom J. Garner was sent to quarantine; 5) Tom J. Garner carries a box of personal property back into his cell. Another person lies on the top bunk in the cell, their face obscured, with COVID molecules around their head; 6) an ambulance with the caption “July 22 went to Saint Francis hospital due to chest pain and breathing problems from Covid”; 7) Tom J. Garner lies in a hospital bed with an oxygen mask over his face.
Orlando Smith, The Grueling Report: Superficial Amenities.

Graphite pencil, Derwent color blenders, Prism color pencils, and color gel inks, outlined with Pigma Micron ink; Canson art board paper; dimensions: 11″ x 17″ (creation), 2021.

A pencil drawn comic strip with six panels. Left to right from upper left hand corner: 1) the face of the author and illustrator, Orlando Smith, a Black man in a blue shirt with a yellow CDCR label and white mask, with words and phrases surrounding his face, including “Selective Justice” and “8 Consecutive Life Sentences”; 2) a crowd of people in various protective gear including a Hazmat suit, with the caption “Planet Earth now looks like the Marvel Universe,” 3) A cell door with a caption that starts “Mass incarceration and overcrowded prisons are dangerous”; 4) Calendar pages for March 2020 and October 2020, with coronavirus molecules; 5) Loudspeakers with the caption “sound torment”; 6) A heavily armed corrections officer, with the caption “Don’t be this guy.”
Orlando Smith, Perspective: Depraved Indifference.

Graphite pencil, Derwent color blenders, Prism color pencils, and color gel inks, outlined with Pigma Micron ink; Canson art board paper; dimensions: 11″ x 17″ (creation), 2021.