{"product_id":"endsickness","title":"Endsickness","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eEndsickness\u003c\/em\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10\" x 7\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e150 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoftcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSofia Alarcon 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2021, with support from the Canada Council for the Arts, she began self-publishing her one-person anthology series: \u003cem\u003eEndsickness\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eEndsickness #1\u003c\/em\u003e was nominated for a Broken Pencil zine award and two Doug Wright awards, and \u003cem\u003eEndsickness #2\u003c\/em\u003e was likewise nominated for a Doug Wright Award.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe is still busy raising her kids, but she hopes to keep making comics whenever she has some free time. \u003cem\u003eEndsickness\u003c\/em\u003e (the completed anthology) is her first book, published by Conundrum Press.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sofia Alarcon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47244764610781,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0276\/1133\/2701\/files\/1_08450e26-04db-4822-a617-5be57d936131.png?v=1767809466","url":"https:\/\/www.rileygrae.com\/products\/endsickness","provider":"Riley Grae Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}