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== Without Warning! Comic Book ==
== Without Warning! Comic Book ==
"Without Warning" is a comic book about a bucolic Pacific Northwest community upended by a major earthquake. PBEM does not print/publish this handout; it is provided by the [https://www.oregon.gov/oem/hazardsprep/pages/preparedness-publications.aspx State of Oregon Office of Emergency Management] for PBEM to distribute. Oregon OEM does not take materials requests from the general public.
"Without Warning" is a comic book for young audiences about a bucolic Pacific Northwest community upended by a major earthquake. PBEM does not print/publish this handout; it is provided by the [https://www.oregon.gov/oem/hazardsprep/pages/preparedness-publications.aspx State of Oregon Office of Emergency Management] for PBEM to distribute. Oregon OEM does not take materials requests from the general public.


==== Specifications ====
==== Specifications ====
16 page comic book, 8 ½" x 11", saddle stitched. PBEM receives printed copies only through the State of Oregon OEM.


==== Appropriate use ====
==== Appropriate use ====
This is a preferred awareness and preparedness publication written and designed with teenagers in mind. ''Without Warning!'' is ideal for events that involve youth and/or TeenCERT.


==== Project history ====
==== Project history ====


Althea Rizzo at Oregon OEM collaborated with Oregon's [https://www.darkhorse.com/ Dark Horse Comics] to create ''Without Warning!'' and release it in 2014.<ref>The original press release is available at: https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/1823/without-warning-earthquake-safety-and-information</ref> Since the release of the comic book, Dark Horse Comics has continued to publish youth preparedness comics under the "Without Warning!" project, such as for tsunamis and [https://www.opb.org/article/2021/12/28/oregon-collaborators-launch-comic-book-on-wildfire-awareness-and-prevention/ wildfires], and Dark Horse has made the series available free to read [https://digital.darkhorse.com/search?q=Without%20Warning! on their website]. However, PBEM stocks hard copies only of the Earthquake comic at this time.<br/>
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[[File:Without Warning Comics.png|alt=The three Without Warning! comics published by Dark Horse.|center|thumb|500x500px|''The three'' Without Warning! ''comics published by Dark Horse.'']]


== NET Brochure ==
== NET Brochure ==

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