Cooper Union Art Student Emily Henochowicz Loses Eye In Israel Protest, Shot In Face With Canister Through Ethan Heitner comes word of an article with absolutely distressing photographs that indicates the 21-year-old American artist Emily Henochowicz lost an eye after being struck in the face by a canister fired by an Israeli soldier. Henochowicz is a student at Cooper Union and was protesting the Gaza Flotilla killings at Qalandiya checkpoint. Henochowicz's art indicates an affection for cartooning and comics effects, although beyond the occasional student animatic it's unclear how much work of that type she's done. Certainly little of that matters right now. Her blog can be found here.
Through Ethan Heitner comes word of 
