{"product_id":"spiral-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Spiral and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAidan Koch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNicole Rudick\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA delicate, dreamlike, and lushly detailed comics collection by a contemporary artist whose work explores the enmeshment of the human and non-human worlds.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor years, Aidan Koch's comics have been pushing the boundaries of the medium, reimagining what a comic can look like and how it can tell a story. Koch has been living and working in the desert of California, turning her focus toward the ways humans and the natural world converge. \u003ci\u003eSpiral and Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003eis a triumph of that continuing process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing watercolors, pencils, crayons, charcoals, and collage, Koch builds worlds of dense detail and vast open spaces, urgent scrawled text and long silences, telling a series of stories about people and the places they inhabit. Characters yearn for each other, even as they're pulled toward different lives. Rivers dance together, then diverge as they make their way to the sea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an accompanying essay by the author and critic Nicole Rudick, who explores Koch's craft and her move into environmentally focused comics, \u003ci\u003e Spiral and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is a showcase of Koch's mastery of comics as a medium that can contain astonishing forms and offer new kinds of storytelling for our uncertain times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAidan Koch\u003c\/b\u003e is a multimedia artist and author of several book-length comics. An educator and key figure in the environmental comics movement, she is the founder of the Institute for Interspecies Art and Relations, a publisher and educational organization. She has exhibited in galleries in North America, South America, and Europe. She lives in the Mojave Desert. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicole Rudick\u003c\/b\u003e is a critic and editor. She has written widely on art, literature, and comics for publications such as\u003ci\u003e The New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2022, Siglio Press published her book on the artist Niki de Saint Phalle, \u003ci\u003eWhat is Now Known was Once Only Imagined\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.9 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763698139424,"sku":"9781681378350","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ac42db6a2849b6109afecfa5af6115d1.webp?v=1780239635","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/spiral-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}