Artists from across the African continent and the Baltic region tell stories about the ghosts from their pasts. They deal with exploitation, emigration, racism, environmental disasters, and other traumas, as well as personal and spiritual tales involving the supernatural. Sometimes it's hard to get rid of all the ghosts and simply running away doesn't help. Don't be spooked, let's face our demons!
Hooray! Time to celebrate! This is the fiftieth issue of š! containing alternative comics from around the world about the theme fifty-fifty. Cover: Yuma Wang (China) Contributors: Agate Lielpetere (Latvia), Alberta Ziemele (Latvia), Amanda Baeza (Chile), Anna Sailamaa (Finland), Anna Vaivare (Latvia) Daniel Lima (Angola), Eric Kostiuk Williams (Canada), Ingrida Picukane (Latvia), Juliette Collet (USA), König Lü. Q. (Switzerland), Liva Kandevica (Latvia), Martinš Zutis (Latvia), Noah Van Sciver (USA), Ona Kvašyte (Lithuania), Teddy Goldenberg (Israel), Tomasz Niewiadomski (Poland), etc.
We're going through quite chaotic times right now. (And no, we're not talking about the geopolitical ones-for following those you're better off just watching the news.) We're talking about the personal chaos in our own lives! And it turns out we're not alone. Everybody ?l?o?v?e?s? hates chaos. We attempted to put some order into it and of course miserably failed, but in the pages of this issue you can still get an overview of the beauty of chaos... or not.
We gotta admit, we are quite obsessed with comics. But as long as it is a healthy obsession, it should be fine... right? Or is there a point where you should be worried? In this issue we are digging deeper to find out more about our obsessions, and unfortunately, it's not all about comics. Turns out there is quite a lot to be obsessed about. Hey, at least we're trying to face our compulsions. What about you?
Isn't nature utterly beautiful? Sometimes, we feel this urge to get "back to nature"... but mostly we stand with our backs to nature.
Let's face it: we keep destroying the natural world with every step. Literally. At our current pace, the apocalypse seems unavoidable.
But is it? It might already be too late to change, but it's definitely inescapable if we don't even try.
