On Saturday, journalist Laurie Penny and I were drinking tea and talking about making something together. The next day she took the 17-hour Occupy Wall Street busride down to Chicago, to cover the #noNato protests. Laurie sent me snaps and stories of her busmates: kids who were singing Disney songs as they prepared to be beaten and arrested. So I drew her words and their faces.

Read Laurie’s coverage here.

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These images are part of an as-yet unnamed and unbound collaboration between the artist Molly Crabapple and the writer Laurie Penny.