THOMAS ESTLER, author/creator

“My friend Ruth Whalen, who fights human traf­fick­ing in New York City courts, told me about an event that she had attend­ed for young women who had been res­cued from human traf­fick­ers. She noticed that many of the young sur­vivors were read­ing com­ic books. Then Ruth said, “Some­one should write a com­ic book about this issue,” and I thought to myself, “That some­one should be me.” Sud­den­ly, two things came togeth­er for me: a thing that I real­ly liked doing…writing, AND a cause that I felt deeply about…human traf­fick­ing. And that’s how the man­ga ABOLITIONISTA! was born.” –Thomas Estler