We Hereby Refuse: Japanese-American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration

We Hereby Refuse, published by Chin Music Press in 2021, is a single-issue comic that documents the history of Japanese-American resistance to their forced incarceration during World War II. It spotlights acts of defiance and legal challenges by those who refused to comply with the U.S. government's wartime orders, offering a counter-narrative to the more familiar story of passive internment. The work is a concise, impactful entry in the growing field of graphic nonfiction, bringing a crucial, often-overlooked perspective to a dark chapter in American history.