ABSTRACT
Melting glaciers have become a recurring motif in the imageries of climate change and a dominant way to depict the effects of global warming. This chapter examines how the images of melting glaciers are used in dystopian comics that imagine grim futures for the Arctic region. It examines how representations of Arctic nature intertwine with the dystopian rhetoric of the narratives, the chosen examples being cautionary tales that warn about the consequences of contemporary society’s problems. The chapter analyses two Finnish graphic novels: The Sands of Sarasvati, an adaptation of the novel by Risto Isomaki; and Scandorama, a collaboration between writer Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo and artist Catherine Anyango Grunewald.
