Ginseng Roots (2019 Uncivilized Comics) comic books published within the past 2 years
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Issue #10
Published Aug 2022 by Uncivilized Comics.$5.20
$5.20
$3.90
Written and Art and Cover by Craig Thompson. Phil joins Craig during a book tour in South Korea, through Seoul and Bucheon, then extending to a research journey in rural Geumsan, the epicenter of Korean ginseng cultivation. Geumsan is the sister city to Marathon, the brothers' tiny American town, but with a deep thousand-year history of art, mythology, and cuisine surrounding the medicinal root. While there, the brothers sort out how Craig's paralyzing writer's block and Phil's marital strain are tangled up in their working-class childhood. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $6.00.
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Issue #12
Published Sep 2023 by Uncivilized Comics.$9.00
$9.00
Story by Craig Thompson. Four years in the making, the exact duration required to bring the prized crop to harvest, Ginseng Roots reaches its finale. Craig drives across the country for his parents' 50th wedding anniversary and wrestles with the ghosts of his childhood. His mother dreams of the Christian Rapture, his father sleeps in a barn with Mexican migrants, Phil imbibes ginseng moonshine, and farmers leave the ginseng industry to grow marijuana instead. This double-length issue sprawls across rural Wisconsin, reflecting on aging parents, changing America, and where to find a sense of belonging. 64 pages, CP/B&W Cover price $9.00.
