Sponsored link
Saturday, January 24, 2026

Sponsored link

Drawing the Crisis: Kellyn Borst on the eviction epidemic

CCA Comics students draw stories from the housing crisis. A 48 Hills exclusive series.

48 Hillsa: Drawing the Crisis

ART LOOKS The Engage: Comics class at the California College of the Arts is comprised of a diverse collection of students from various majors passionate about making comics that engage the world around them.

This year, they teamed with 48Hills.org and housing activists from the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project and the Housing Rights Committee to create comics from first person accounts of San Francisco’s housing crisis.

The students met with and interviewed people who are struggling or have struggled to remain in their homes, and then turned these stories into compelling visual narratives. Justin Hall was the professor of the Engage: Comics class, and Peter Glanting was the Teaching Assistant. 

The following comic is by CCA student Kellyn Borst. Click on each image to enlarge! (You might have to click twice). See the whole series here.

48 Hills: Drawing the Crisis

48 Hills: Drawing the Crisis

48 Hills: Drawing the Crisis

48 Hills: Drawing the Crisis

Marke B.
Marke B.
Marke Bieschke is the publisher and arts and culture editor of 48 Hills. He co-owns the Stud bar in SoMa. Reach him at marke (at) 48hills.org, follow @supermarke on Twitter.

48 Hills welcomes comments in the form of letters to the editor, which you can submit here. We also invite you to join the conversation on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

Sponsored link

Sponsored link
Sponsored link

Latest

Minneapolis is showing us the way

Labor, faith, and community organizations shut down the city. There is no going back

Cate Le Bon: ‘Leaving somebody you love is a horrifying reality’

Avant-pop singer on heartbreak album 'Michelangelo Dying,' leaning into chaos for inspiration, and 'very special city' SF.

His suburban idylls teem with the ‘uncanny magic of the exceptionally unexceptional’

Jonathan Crow's paintings mix Edward Hopper with David Lynch—when he can take a break from being a dad.

Under the Stars: Farsight hits and dips into new ‘Situations’

Plus: Rob Reiner Tribute takes over the Parkway, Parameter festival is coming, DJ Delon drops a hot mix, more

You might also likeRELATED