Lickin' Shot is a 28 page graphic novel style booklet, devised, written and illustrated by young men from Manchester who have grown up with gangs, drug dealing and violence as an everyday reality.

It tells the story of how and why a teenage boy named Jamal becomes involved in a gang. It looks at the attractions, the deadly consequences and the difficulties involved in getting out of this lifestyle. It ends on a very positive note as Jamal qualifies as a plumber, earning more money than he ever did drug dealing with a lot less risk of being shot. Lickin' Shot is intended to raise the issues of pathways into and out of gang culture in a way that is credible and relevant to the target audience.

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Article on Lickin Shot' in Society Guardian 22/9/2004.

BBC Manchester article

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