Congo Free State
Joseph Conrad’s novel "Heart of Darkness", originally published in 1899 as a three-part series in "Blackwood's Magazine", inspired by his service as a captain on a steamer on the Congo 12 years before, sparked an organized international opposition to Leopold's exploitational activities. In 1900, Edmund Dene Morel, a part-time journalist and head of trade with Congo for the Liverpool shipping firm Elder Dempster, noticed that ships that brought vast loads of rubber from the Congo only ever returned there loaded with guns and ammunition for the "Force Publique". Morel became a journalist and then a publisher, attempting to discredit Leopold's regime. In 1902, Morel retired from his position at Elder Dempster to focus on campaigning. He founded his own magazine, "The West African Mail", and conducted speaking tours in Britain.
To the Heart of the Storm
To the Heart of the Storm is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Will Eisner released in 1991. It tells of the autobiographical Willie's youth as the son of an immigrant family up to World War II. On its release, writer Tom De Haven gave the book an A rating in "Entertainment Weekly", calling Eisner "at the age of 74 ... a risk taker and an artist of astonishing vitality".