'It was a tragedy on so many levels,' says Mister V. 'And honestly, a miracle that he didn't kill anyone else before taking his own life.'
"It was a tragedy on so many levels," says Mister V."And honestly, a miracle that he didn't kill anyone else before taking his own life."We're in the midst of our spring campaign, and we have until June 7 to raise $12,000. This money directly supports the journalismproduces and helps keep our work freely accessible for all, because not everyone can afford to pay for news. If you value our work, please make a contribution today to help us reach our goal.
In the meantime, Heemeyer and his manifesto —"I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable" — has inspired such other commercial and creative ventures as an action figure, songs like the bluegrass band Bowregard's"The comic project took longer than expected, Mister V says, because of how complex and far-reaching the event really was, especially for the local community of Granby, which barely crests a couple thousand residents.
It's a credit to Mister V's work — and a career focused on illustrating Colorado history that he's been building since 2009 — thatisn't just a retelling of some of the more dramatic and even graphic details of Heemeyer's rampage. While it pulls no punches in terms of detail, it also takes the time to explore Heemeyer’s life and backstory: who he was and why he did what he did.
Mister V admits that some of the controversy is just"small-town squabbling," and the locals can laugh about it."But some still carry a lot of trauma around the event, so you have to be careful," he adds.
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