The effect of reading Stages of Rot is of visiting a world that is a strange mirror of our own, reflecting our lives back at us in such a manner as, through the specific differences, we see how our world is arranged in a way that is only one of the many (infinite?) ways it could have been, and how it is that what we take as given in our lives has, in actuality, been “given” to us by… the universe, nature, evolution – god? – that, ultimately, we populate a world not of our own making. This world is different in other ways, but we are meant to recognize ourselves in its contours. – populate the skies, together with those, such as birds and insects, that are “normally” airborne.
The central visual ploy here is that we are presented with a world in which a splendid array of aquatic animals – whales, dolphins, jellyfish, etc. Here we have a French-flapped softcover containing page after page of lush, full (but muted) color comics, beautifully printed (in Poland) on flat, off-white paper stock, presenting comics inspired by a mix of (mostly) Moebius, Miyazaki and Ernst Haeckel that as often as not is reminiscent of biological, zoological and anthropological illustration. Meet at SAW after lunch for a presentation from Jen Sandwich (We love her work so much: ) Jen keeps copious journals and diaries and is a real inspiration when it comes to believing in telling your story.)Īt SAW for rest of day for work time and sharing until people start catching flights, etc.Stages of Rot is a unique work of anthro-bio-zoological speculative fantasy, and, furthermore, is one that could really only succeed on its own terms in comics form. Reading and sharing and brief exercise led by Beth Tremebley. Some will stay in the house, others might not. Meet back at house after dinner for wind down.
Sat morn post-breakfast reading and sharing of work led by Beth Trembley. Sat morning, convene in the house for omelets, coffee and other breakfast sundries.
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