Barney Smith

2 Years Barney Smith

2 Years is a graphic novel that satirizes the peace corps experience in a way that peace corps volunteers and others can relate. Follow john, a truce corps volunteer who has been posted in telafi, the poorest territory on mars with about a dozen other volunteers. He will struggle in learning how to speak the local language, eat local food, and taking local transport; until he eventually makes the village he is posted in a second home. Despite all the challenges he will face, the hardest part about the entire experience is leaving after his 2 Year commitment ends. Smith is able to capture the humor, stress, and poignancy of the peace corps experience in a unique and entertaining way that anyone will find enjoyable.