(2019) 17 x 22 cm / 4 color / gold foil cover + flaps

152 pages | Fantasy

Written and illustrated by Linnea Sterte

☆ ☆ ☆ 2018 MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence winner in the Long Form category ☆ ☆ ☆

☆ ☆ ☆ 2018 Eisner Award nominee for Best Graphic Album* ☆ ☆ ☆

An alien desert comes to life around the body of a dying whale. Animals, insects, and ancient peoples scramble for its remains, making their homes among its bones, struggling through a millennia-long process of decay.

". . . effortlessly stands with some [of] the best science fiction graphic novels of the decade."

Philippe Leblanc, The Beat

". . . a beautiful work of art."

Daniel Elkin, Comicon.com

". . . one of those books that I pick up when I'm feeling lost"

Lee, Amazon review

This edition contains both the first edition (2017) and includes Blood Caudex, a new 17-page companion piece to the original story.

Read a preview of Stages of Rot here!