Big Water, a graphic novel

Big Water is a graphic novel written by crime novelist Gary Phillips and illustrated by Manoel Manga But the resident's smell a rat.

In Southern California's quiet Bell Park, there's a war going on. Old guard commissioners from the town's water board are making a bid to privatize the cash-strapped small municipality's water supply. They organize a special election to run candidates who will keep their water affordable and under public control. Hometown organizer Melinda Cruz finds herself at odds with her brother, Jaime, who wo  ...