Red Car Press

09/11/2021

Please join us for the first event of Art Across the Lines! Join , , and for a conversation about understanding visual storytelling through comics and between cultures. Free Admission!
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13/10/2021

We are thrilled to partner with the San Diego Italian Film Festival and Little Fish Comic Book School in presenting the premier launch of Art Across the Lines, a panel on our new graphic novel on Voyage of The St. Louis. Join us November 18th!

Welcome to the first event of Art Across the Lines.

In a culture in which pictures dominate the story landscape, how do we learn to read, think and cross between cultures with these stories?

Our project takes a step in our understanding of storytelling through comics and between cultures by focusing on how these stories are written, shared, and translated.

Join Antony Shugaar (Red Car Press), Alonso Nunez (Little Fish Comic Book Studio), and Antonio Iannotta (SDIFF), moderated by Victor Laruccia (SDIFF), focusing on a graphic novel, Voyage of the St. Louis, exploring the medium of comics, the intersections of graphic novel and journalism, and storytelling across borders.

Presented by:
Red Car Press, Little Fish Comic Book Studio, and SDIFF

With Support of:
Museum of Photographic Arts and San Diego State Italian Studies

Admission is FREE! Reserve your ticket here; https://sdiff-monthly-series.eventive.org/schedule/615d1f5a2af1370044127c8a

15/08/2021

16/07/2021

We'll be posting up at the tomorrow, July 17th, from 10am to 5pm. Come by and say hi, and check out our first two books, graphic novel Voyage of the St. Louis, and first time author Sofia Pirandello's The Best of All Possible Suicides. .art

30/06/2021

Author Sofia Pirandello discusses her award-winning first novel with translator Antony Shugaar, editor in chief for Red Car Press, and Antonio Iannotta, artistic director for San Diego Italian Film Festival.

10/06/2021

Yesterday's live event was a huge success! Many thanks to everyone who watched.

10/06/2021

Passengers aboard the St. Louis, May 13-June 17, 1939. They were being returned to the port of Antwerp, and then on to host countries. 254 of the 937 passengers were eventually murdered by the N**i killing machine. We dedicate the Voyage of the St. Louis to them and to all refugees seeking safe harbor.

Photo courtesy of the US Holocaust Museum.

09/06/2021

Join Antony Shugaar of Red Car Press and Antonio Iannotta, artistic director of the San Diego Film Festival in their conversation with author Sara Dellabella and artist Alessio Lo Manto.

08/06/2021

Join us June 9 at 1pm PDT for a FB Live discussion with Antony Shugaar of Red Car Press and SDIFF Artistic Director, Antonio Iannotta, about the events surrounding the tragic Voyage of the St. Louis, as told in this graphic novel made in Italy and now, California. Author Sara Dellabella and artist ⁠Alessio Lo Manto will be available for questions as well.

07/06/2021

As the St. Louis passengers prepare to debark in Cuba, the Cuban government demands a new and sizable tax, but only a few can pay. Family and friends already in Cuba gather alongside the ship for a few words before the ship steams toward Florida, only to be turned away again. Their hopes are shattered.

06/06/2021

June 6 was established by the US Congress as the date of remembrance for the 254 Jewish passengers aboard the St. Louis, who upon being returned to Europe, were murdered by N**i Germany. In February, 2012, the United States Department of State formally apologized for turning away the St. Louis passengers in a ceremony attended by 14 survivors.

05/06/2021

St. Louis survivor Dr. Sol Messinger was 6 when he boarded the ship bound for Cuba with his parents—they were fleeing N**ism and seeking refuge in the US. In the book's interview with Dr. Messinger, he talks about the simple pleasures of a child not knowing the seriousness of their situation: “I had my seventh birthday on the ship, so I was just a kid. What I really remember was that there was a swimming pool on the boat and I had never been in a swimming pool.”

04/06/2021

Alessio Lo Manto's artwork elevates the emotion within the Voyage of the St. Louis. This is just one example of a beautiful two page spread within the book.

03/06/2021

Captain Gustav Schröder was the experienced sea captain of the St Louis, which sailed under the N**i flag and included N**i crew members. Schröder was a deeply principled man who did not support N**i ideology. Had Captain Schröder returned the St. Louis to Hamburg as ordered, it is almost certain that all the passengers would have been detained. Schröder was named “Righteous Among the Nations” for his heroic acts to prevent an even greater loss of life.

02/06/2021

On May 13th, 1939, the St. Louis set sail from Hamburg, Germany with 937 Jewish passengers on board. This followed the events of November 9, 1938, Kristallnacht, just 6 months prior. This is where the story of the St. Louis begins.

01/06/2021

In May 1939, six months after the N**is organized Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass, the German transatlantic liner St. Louis departed for Cuba with 937 refugees aboard. As the N**is tightened their grip on Germany, these refugees left everything behind, and faced an uncertain future. Read more in our graphic novel, "Voyage of the St. Louis: Courage on the High Seas."
Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo
Alessio Lo Manto, artist

31/05/2021

Red Car Press is proud to announce the debut of our first historical fiction graphic novel, Voyage of the St. Louis. On May 13, 1939, the German transatlantic liner St. Louis set sail from Hamburg. Destination: Cuba. There were 937 Jews on board, fleeing the rapidly growing N**i threat. The graphic novel also includes a survivor interview and vintage photographs.

30/05/2021

Catch a ride with Red Car! Follow us for announcements of new graphic novels, starting tomorrow with our very first title, Voyage of the St. Louis.

29/05/2021

Red Car Press is a non-profit publishing house focused on graphic journalism and historical fiction. We tell true stories of corruption, crime, environmental and economic displacement. Join us as our journey begins.

27/05/2021

Presenting Red Car Press: Directly inspired by the Pacific Electric red trolley cars that symbolized modernism in Los Angeles in the early 20th century, Red Car Press is an emerging publishing company laying down new tracks. Born in California and Italy, Red Car publishes progressive graphic journalism that educates and entertains. The original red car logo, the lightning bolt, represents the bold storytelling approach of Red Car Press.