Synopsis
Sydney and Laurelie are best friends searching for the contentment of oblivion. Failing that, they’d like to be adored. Laurelie, by their caustic boyfriend Trip, and Sydney by Laurelie. On a typical night partying in the woods, Sydney grows frustrated with their unrequited obsession for Laurelie, and asks for a wish to be granted by the curious cosmic creature Starman. Not only will Laurelie love Sydney, but Laurelie will be dependent on them — will need to be saved by them. When the wish becomes deadly serious, Sydney and Trip will be forced to figure out how to save Laurelie for real, or risk losing the person most important to them both.
From: Silver Sprocket
Notes on This Title
This title focuses on a character who is autistic. All focal characters use they/them pronouns. A recurrent image in this title is a desire to become a single-celled organism, which the author states in an interview is “definitely analogous to suicidal ideation”.
Awards
2024 Cartoonist Studio Prize Award for Best Long-Form Comic - Nominee
Reviews
“[Y]ou get the definite sense that Fox is an artist working to his full potential, and there’s much more to come.” (Source: The Comics Journal)
Interviews
Bitches on Comics: ““Prokaryote Season” is a trippy, melancholy exploration of queer friendship and longing“