Peter Dunlap-Shohl’s graphic novel, My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson’s explores what it is like living with Parkinson’s and the numerous mental and physical changes brought on by the disease. Besides being a memoir, it explores new ways one can view the world and have a decent quality of life with the disease. According to author Tom Kizzia, Peter Dunlap-Shohl “tells the tale of his fast-changing reality with compassion and wicked humor, leaping from one crazily inventive work of art to the next.” Peter Dunlap-Shohl worked as a cartoonist for the Anchorage Daily News for twenty-five years. He has won various prizes including the First Amendment Award from the Alaska Press Club. His memoir will be an Alaskan classic for generations to come.