Endsickness

by Sofia Alarcon (Artist)

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Graphic Novels Comics

120 pages, Paperback

Published June 10, 2025

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thought provoking and philosophical, Endsickness captures the mix of malaise, confusion, uncertainty and fear that is 21st-century eco anxiety. My favourite of these short graphic stories, or reflections, is “Icarus,” about a conversation between two astronauts, and their commander, installing a solar shield to reduce the intensity of trapped heat on Earth. They reflect on time, progress, action, hindsight and ethics. They are in the place we fear, desperate times and measures. We are almost there. Still they live, and press on, and think communicate such complex, human thoughts. The grotesqueness and beauty of our species on display, yet hidden behind visors. Like all the stories in the book, the imagery is heavy with symbolism.

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very timely graphic novel about the climate issues the world is currently facing. With how dreary everything seems to be in the world currently, this graphic novel was a refreshing funny breath of fresh air. I recommend it to fans of graphic novels or someone who's looking for a fun read about the current state of the world.

Thank you to Edelweiss and Conundrum Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

[Grace Stafford · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't think I have read a piece of climate fiction that more accurately depicts my own feelings than Sofia Alcaron's Endsickness. This graphic novel is simply beautiful and dwells less on specific catastrophic possibilities and more so on how we, the human race, are handling it. So very insightful and touching!
Thank you to Edelweiss and the publisher for this eARC!

[C · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not inciting enough to be inspiring, but i still enjoyed the musings on our ongoing apocalypse.

[Dania · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I could post pics that I took of this book here, but some really existential and philosophical questions were posed really well. Such as, how we are at the mercy of the universe (from the Adaptation chapter) and even when preparing for Doomsday depicted by a bearded man buying in bulk for his fortress... Just for the chapter to end with two people finding that fortress buried in the desert 🏜. Sofia Alarcon tackles these themes of our obsession with the dystopia, the end-of-the-world thoughts, encompassing this all into what Elizabeth Rush coined as "endsickness".

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Endsickness is a sort of collection of short stories about climate change, climate anxiety, our place in the universe, and our hopes for the future. Some of it is a sort of science fiction / climate fiction that made for engrossing stories. Others are more of a meditation on those feelings. The art is a great classic zine style and switches from full colour to black and white where appropriate. Overall, anyone looking for that feeling of mingling commiseration and hope that you might share with a friend In These Trying Times should give this one a read.

[Stephanie Silva · Rating 4 out of 5]

acho esto me gusto un monton y me apreto el corazon. una coleccion de cuentitos que trata mucho del tiempo, desplazamiento y el cambio climatico.

[Lisa]

Unfortunately I'm with the kinda 3 star consensus here - my favorite part of this collection was the title (and maybe some of the coloring in the book).

[Jorge Delgado-Ron · Rating 5 out of 5]

four start. an extra because it is timely and relevant. five starts.

[Ed Oakes · Rating 5 out of 5]

No pulling punches here. Very thought provoking.

[Abrar Shahid · Rating 5 out of 5]

shout-out to DG ivey library for displaying this bangers of a book. I love hopeful futurism in literature and calling out bullshit and outdated western epistemology

[Marian Rolewicz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thought provoking and entertaining