MYSTIC — Mystic postal carrier and comic publisher Brett Swanson knows what it is like to be a starving artist. He also knows the joy that comes with sticking with it and persevering.
For more than 30 years, Swanson has served the U.S Postal Service faithfully, including since 2008 as a popular regular and familiar face to those in downtown Mystic. It has recently led the 55-year-old Stonington resident to be honored as part of the “For the Long Haul” campaign, which celebrates the dedication and commitment of postal workers.
A postal worker by day and established comic artist and cartoon illustrator by night (and weekends), Swanson said if not for the postal service, he would never have found a path to establish his signature “Power Kids” comic series with 18 books now sold at stores across Connecticut and Rhode Island.