Released September 2023
Ginseng Roots #12
Synopsis
Four years in the making, the exact duration required to bring the prized crop to harvest, Ginseng Roots reaches its finale. Craig drives across the country for his parents 50th wedding anniversary and wrestles with the ghosts of his childhood. His mother dreams of the Christian Rapture, his father sleeps in a barn with Mexican migrants, Phil imbibes ginseng moonshine, and farmers leave the ginseng industry to grow marijuana instead. This double-length issue sprawls across rural Wisconsin, reflecting on aging parents, changing America, and where to find a sense of belonging. As Craigs mother says, It didnt work for us to have a family root. All this, plus backup pages revealing the behind-the-scenes process from thumbnails to edits to pencils.
Synopsis
Four years in the making, the exact duration required to bring the prized crop to harvest, Ginseng Roots reaches its finale. Craig drives across the country for his parents 50th wedding anniversary and wrestles with the ghosts of his childhood. His mother dreams of the Christian Rapture, his father sleeps in a barn with Mexican migrants, Phil imbibes ginseng moonshine, and farmers leave the ginseng industry to grow marijuana instead. This double-length issue sprawls across rural Wisconsin, reflecting on aging parents, changing America, and where to find a sense of belonging. As Craigs mother says, It didnt work for us to have a family root. All this, plus backup pages revealing the behind-the-scenes process from thumbnails to edits to pencils.
Details
- Series
- Ginseng Roots
- Cover Date
- September 2023
- Pages
- 64
- UPC
- 850007641009 01211
- Cover Price
- $9.00
- Final Order Cutoff
- August 20, 2023
Creators
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WriterCraig Thompson
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ArtistCraig Thompson
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Cover ArtistCraig Thompson