An Alaska Native comic artist will release a book heavily influenced by stories passed down to him by his grandmother. Growing up in Alaska, Dimi Macheras loved drawing and illustrating and comic books. “My mom's got pictures of me before I could even talk just constantly drawing and doodling,” Macheras said. “In some of my earliest memories were cartoons on the cereal boxes and action figures, toys like He-Man and stuff.” Macheras is Ahtna, a citizen of the Chickaloon Native Village and was