JOURNEY TO THE ANTHROPOCENE is a visual feast that allows us to feel the contradictions of human existence and our present planetary dilemma. Guiding us with symbolism and the mythologies of world cultures. Bowe leads us through terror and grief toward hope and action.

This graphic novel is a feminist outcry against environmental degradation told through a history of dragon mythology. The journey towards our current environmental crisis include historical depictions of dragons, Plato’s cave, dragon myths, dragon jokes, and a deconstruction of the depiction of women in historical art. The story explains how we got to widespread species collapse and global warming, illustrated through man’s desire to conquer the natural world. The book ends on a note of hope that we can progress to an integrated relationship with our environment and find a way through our crisis to a more balanced life.