Vancouver artists cartoon of Florida school shooting resonates

Pia Guerra's cartoon depicts football coach Aaron Feis, one of the 17 victims who died when a former student opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

By AMY SMARTThe Canadian Press
Sat., Feb. 17, 2018

VANCOUVER—A Vancouver illustrator said she’s overwhelmed by the social media response to her cartoon depicting a victim of the recent school shooting in Florida.

Pia Guerra’s Hero’s Welcome shows a young girl leading the school’s football coach Aaron Feis by the hand to meet a crowd of other people killed in school shootings.

Feis was one of 17 victims who died when a former student opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday.
The assistant football coach and school security specialist was trying to shield students from bullets when he was fatally shot.

“It gave me a little lump in my throat when the idea (for the cartoon) first kind of popped up,” Guerra said.

“I thought, I think that might be strong enough. But I had no idea it was going to hit people this hard. Everyone’s telling me that it broke them or they’re devastated or they got all punched in the gut with it or they’re in tears. And that was surprising.”

Hero’s Welcome had been liked on Twitter more than 32,000 times by Saturday morning.

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