Cartoonists explore our natural world, from the smallest microorganism to the outer limits of our atmosphere. Featuring a cover by Jesse Jacobs and 112 pages of comics from 30 cartoonists on the beauty, power, and majesty of nature.

   

In this issue:

Four cartoonists on surviving a natural disaster

What are we talking about when we talk about invasive species?

Living soil, attack of the slime, and the vanishing sky

The last Okinawan dugongs

The incredible Bog BeingThe full lineup for the magazine is:

     

Invaders: What Are WeTalking About When We’re Talking About Invasive Species? by Sarah Glidden.

Living Soil by Madeleine Jubilee Saito and Whitney Bauck.

Coastal Collapse by Rosa Colón on the changing coastline in Puerto Rico.

Breathless by Kay Sohini on air pollution, asthma, and what individual change means for global problems.

The Last Okinawan Dugongs by Sam Nakahira

With Dispatches, Strips, and other contributions from:

For The Response, natural disasters experienced by Chris Kindred, Colleen Frakes, Brian Fies, and Shelby Criswell.

Nature stats by Kristel Bugayong, Archive editorial cartoons on forest preservation with writing from Warren Bernard, and in our letters to the editor Linette Moore illustrates our readers’ favorite spots in nature. Plus an interview about the LandBack campaign by SI Rosenbaum and Arigon Starr.

Dispatches from Levi Hastings, Melanie Gillman, Maki Naro and Matthew Francis, Iona Fox, Myfanwy Tristram, Alexandra Beguez, and Jorge Gonzalez.

Strips by Gemma Correll, Joey Alison Sayers, Peter Kuper, KC Green, Mattie Lubchansky, Matt Bors, Niccolo Pizarro, Ash Szymanik, Caroline Cash, and Whit Taylor.

With illustrations by Daniel Locke and Mark Kaufman.

Having honed her craft over the years, and devising an Instagram-friendly approach that represents an innovative, 21st-Century update on the classic four-panel daily newspaper comicstrip, Madeleine Jubilee Saito has, in this 180-page, full color, smyth sewn hardcover, adapted her practice to a long form poem-prayer of a graphic novel.

It has some fans:

“Madeleine Jubilee Saito has given us a singular gift. At once gentle and piercing, spare and profound, her artistry breaks open hearts, releasing rivers of love for what is — and grief for what is already lost." — Naomi Klein

"Using a sort of visual 4/4 time signature, Madeleine Jubilee Saito's You Are a Sacred Place is a heartfelt song about the state of our planet. In gentle watercolors and sparse colors, Saito sings to us about love, loss, hope, and our need for one another." — Aidan Koch

"A series of perfect four-panel comics that build toward something vast and beautiful." — Andrew White

Take a moment to check out this hefty preview to get a good idea of what everyone is talking about here.