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On March 24, 1987, 250 members of ACT-UP arrived on Wall St in Manhattan at 7am, and began to protest. Waving signs, including the historic slogan “SILENCE = DEATH,” and chanting “Act Up, Fight AIDS!”, they called attention to the inequitable alliance between the FDA and Burroughs-Wellcome. That's why, today, our #SJComix365 entry is Joyce Brabner's "Second Avenue Caper: When Goodfellas, Divas, and Dealers Plotted Against the Plague". (Hill & Wang, 2014). . It's the true story of a tight-knit group of NYC artists & activists in the early 1980s who found themselves on the front lines in the fight against AIDS. . Struggling to understand the disease and how they could help, our characters make a deal with a bona fide goodfella, donned masterful disguises, and set off for the US/Mexico border, determined to save their bedridden friends by smuggling an experimental drug into the US. . With their community in crisis and the world turned against them, this impassioned misfit crew never gave up hope as they searched for ways to raise awareness and beat the plague. Fast-paced, poignant, and beautifully illustrated, Second Avenue Caper is a heartfelt tribute to the generation that faced down AIDS. . This little-known graphic novel is the winner of the 2015 Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBT Graphic Novel, & was the Village Voice Best Graphic Novel of 2014. Buy 10 copies and pass them out at your next queer dance party. ✨ #secondavenuecaper #joycebrabner #comics #graphicnovels #hillandwang #AIDS #ACTUP #comicsaboutAIDS #AIDSepidemic #AIDShistory #NYChistory #NYCAIDS #LGBThistory https://www.instagram.com/p/BvZfNSnAGO_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fb1hzgyf7zn2