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SALT: A confessional animal liberation narrative
SALT is a graphic novel about two uniquely dysfunctional men with one to save a monkey’s life.
Painted with intense color and bold inkwork, SALT is a graphic novel about two snail/slug men who liberate a monkey from a vivisection lab, saving her life and facing the consequences of those actions. The monkey character is based upon a real experiment in which the head of one monkey was switched onto the body of another. Her character is intended to sit with the results of such an experiment in a compassionate and intimate manner. SALT is also about how pursuing one’s goals and enacting change is often mediated by the strength of your relationships. Although this book is at its core connected to animal rights, it focuses a lot on interpersonal relationships and conflicts and the type of people who are willing to commit their lives to a cause. Unstable relationships between our main characters and tensions building create a sort of desperation in a relationship that makes people act outside of their own values, which drives much of SALT .
Painted with intense color and bold inkwork, SALT is a graphic novel about two snail/slug men who liberate a monkey from a vivisection lab, saving her life and facing the consequences of those actions. The monkey character is based upon a real experiment in which the head of one monkey was switched onto the body of another. Her character is intended to sit with the results of such an experiment in a compassionate and intimate manner. SALT is also about how pursuing one’s goals and enacting change is often mediated by the strength of your relationships. Although this book is at its core connected to animal rights, it focuses a lot on interpersonal relationships and conflicts and the type of people who are willing to commit their lives to a cause. Unstable relationships between our main characters and tensions building create a sort of desperation in a relationship that makes people act outside of their own values, which drives much of SALT .
120 pages, Paperback
Published March 28, 2023
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July 26, 2025
“Through these depictions, we vividly glimpse a nervous system on the verge of breakdown, and experience how loudly alone the life of an animal activist can feel, steeped in excruciating witness of atrocities so abject and perverse, the knowledge of their unrelenting dullness defies sanity. It is a gaslit existence, in which moral wakefulness constantly threatens to transmute from a source of propulsion to poisoned paralysis.”
Thank you for this Coyote. Thank you for carring for the bunnies. Thank you for making a vegan from such a small country feel so seen. My bunny and I will follow your work for literally forever!
Thank you for this Coyote. Thank you for carring for the bunnies. Thank you for making a vegan from such a small country feel so seen. My bunny and I will follow your work for literally forever!
July 24, 2023
With visceral illustrations, Coyote Jacobs paints a moving story that illuminates of our relationship with animals. With elements taken directly from a true story of cruel animal treatment, the illustrations and dialogue vibrate with relatable anxiety and pain. This graphic novel leaves the reader with much to reflect on.
November 9, 2024
I just didn't get it.
May 8, 2025
The art in this is beautifully overwhelming
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