Why We Write and Publish
The quote from Andrew Vachss that gave us our name originated in an interview with news reporter Adam Dunn .
Published in 2006, the words are as bone-chilling, a call to action now as they were when they were spoken…
“I look around every day and I feel journalism could die,” Vachss says, in a tone that might someday be taken for sadness.… I think that if journalism dies, democracy dies. I’m not saying there shouldn’t be coverage of stuff that I [personally] find nonsensical. But there’s gotta be, in generation after generation, the reporters who say, ‘Truth is all that matters. I’ll pay what it costs to get the truth. I’ll pay what it costs to get it out.’”
Truth-telling is about as subversive as you can get. Quote unquote. I’m saying that; I believe that. It’s the most subversive act you can do, to give people the truth. ‘Cause if the truth doesn’t have the power to subvert wrongdoing, then nothing does.
— Andrew Vachss
The Version Without Words
A drawing by the inimitable Geof Darrow , who issued a similar challenge in pen and ink.
Artwork by Geof Darrow
Geof Darrow, with the extreme generosity that is typical of our good friend, gave us our logo.
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