{"product_id":"endsickness-9781772621075","title":"Endsickness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA first collection of graphic stories about climate change and eco-anxiety.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoined by Elizabeth Rush, \"endsickness\" is a term that describes our modern malaise and severe anxiety over the end of the world. For Alarcon, It's also a shorthand way of describing our culture's current obsession with all things dystopian and apocalyptic. Climate change is often referred to as a hyperobject: so large in scope and scale that it's difficult to see or understand the entirety of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eEndsickness\u003c\/i\u003e, each story attempts to counter that challenge by taking a close look at the individual quandaries of living in a society that seems at odds with itself, unable to face the existential threat looming on the horizon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sofia Alarcon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Conundrum Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781772621075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2025 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSofia Alarcon\u003c\/b\u003e is a multi-disciplinary artist originally from Guatemala and now based in Kjipuktuk\/Halifax. She graduated from NSCAD University, where she pursued her interests in film, textiles and drawing. After taking a long hiatus to raise her kids, she returned to art-making through comics and cartoons. In 2021, with support from the Canada Council for the Arts, she began self-publishing her one-person anthology series: Endsickness. Endsickness #1 was nominated for a Broken Pencil zine award and three Doug Wright awards, and Endsickness #2 was likewise nominated for a Doug Wright Award. She is still busy raising her kids, but she hopes to keep making comics whenever she has some free time. \u003ci\u003eEndsickness\u003c\/i\u003e (the completed anthology) is her first book, published by Conundrum Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Sofia Alarcon \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47347947667613,"sku":"9781772621075","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_1dbf5ded-a13f-4f05-85c5-09404bee379d.jpg?v=1761650584","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/endsickness-9781772621075","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}