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New Garden
The title "New Garden by Jessi Eoin" is overlaid on a scene showing a fat person (Jessi) with very short hair walking over a grassy hill of flowers, walking toward and waving hi to a group of people in the distance relaxing and hanging out near a group of trees on a blanket. The people wave back. Text boxes that indicate a narration voice reads, "The year I became severely disabled, my whole world changed in every way... almost overnight. I'd always been disabled, but..." The scene progresses to show the friends and Jessi up close, goofing off and smiling, a friend leaning on Jessi's shoulder with a speech bubble above the friend showing Z's for sleep as Jessi looks at the friend and says, "heh." Another friend is behind them both, smiling mischievously while raising their arms up as if to surprise the people. Suddenly, Jessi looks alarmed, and then they grab themselves in a hug, saying "Owwww! FUCK! Owww!" as another person says, "You ok?" and as their friend's head suddenly drops off Jessi's shoulder from the sudden movement. The final narration box on the page is against a black background and reads, "...this was much different."
Page two of the comic “New Garden” by Jessi Eoin. The first three panels at the top show a series of scenes of Jessi journeying through becoming disabled: the first shows several sheets of different lab works falling against a gray background. The second shows Jessi at the doctor's office in a hospital gown gesturing in disbelief and anger at the doctor, saying, "What do you mean I 'have to just live with it'?" as the doctor just shrugs dismissively. The final one shows Jessi alone in a room, sitting on a couch, staring at a cane on the floor in front of them. Narration boxes between the first two panels and the third and fourth panel reads, "The small garden of life, that I had nurtured so diligently for so many years, suddenly..." The fourth panel is a large one showing Jessi kneeling in a garden, planting a sapling and smiling. The garden is filled with birch trees, a small creek or river, a fire pit with chairs, a bird bath with some perched birds, and a house surrounded by flowering bushes. The final two panels are of Jessi's hands from their point of view, cupping the sapling and dirt in the palms of their garden gloved hands. The first one appears normal, and the second one suddenly turns dark as the sapling morphs into a twist of gnarling branches that grab onto Jessi's panicked hands. The final narration box continues, "...mutated."
Page three of the comic “New Garden” by Jessi Eoin. This page is a stark contrast of a pitch black background with three monsters dwarfing Jessi's form in each section. The narration boxes read, "All of a sudden, I was always isolated. In agony. Changing drastically, constantly." Next to the word "isolated," a giant monster mutated from a tree has become massive and spiny with a single giant eyeball staring menacingly down at Jessi trapped within their body. Next to the words "in agony," a giant charred, angry, disarticulated skeleton enveloped in flames rages at Jessi who bends over grabbing their own head as their cane falls. Jessi is completely surrounded by flame. Next to the words "changing drastically, constantly," is a giant creature made of flood water swirling around and towering over Jessi's dejected looking form, almost mockingly, threatening. The water is filled with things you would find in a flood, such as houses and trees.
Page four of the comic “New Garden” by Jessi Eoin. This page continues with the high contrast of the black background against three scenes that flow into one another. There are two narration boxes that read, "I fought these demons for years." The scenes show Jessi, whose hair grows a little longer with each scene, as they battle the monsters: they use an axe to hack at the isolation monster, the branches reaching up almost like arms and hands as the eye of the monster widens. Jessi vigorously throws a tiny bucket of water at the ever-growing fire demon of pain as it looks on at them as though it cackles at their attempt to quell the flames. The flood monster has morphed into a full, raging river that Jessi desperately tries to swim upstream, against the current, toward a home and tree at the beginning of the water, far off in the distance. A school of fish swim past them, following the current downstream easily and without struggle.

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New Garden | A fantastical, autobiographical comic exploring coming to terms with being disabled in an ableist world.

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New Garden | A fantastical, autobiographical comic exploring coming to terms with being disabled in an ableist world. Traditionally illustrated with ink and paper.

7 page digital PDF | First published in carte blanche in 2021.

Upon purchase, you’ll be able to download the digital PDF comic. You can download the comic up to 3 times for thirty days after purchasing. If you miss your chance to download the PDF in those first 30 days, please reach out to me at hellojbeoin [@] gmail.com.

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