“Wow, this is a true out-of-left field masterpiece from a cartoonist I
hadn’t heard of before seeing this work. Intense and pouring over with color
and a rich narrative, this is truly a unique experience of a book. Jacobs is
working from a world of imagery all his own and the experience of reading
this is a singular one. Don’t sleep on this.”
~ Austin English, cartoonist and artist, Owner of Domino Books:
Mind-expanding comics for freethinkers.
“SALT brings movement to the movement, utilizing the graphic novel medium
as a hopeful method of reimagining historical fiction. Drawn with expressive
urgency, Jacobs illustrates the heartbreak, responsibility, and fears that
can coincide with animal rescue activism. Our protagonist’s mental state
trails into nightmarish moments that expose the challenge of practicing an
ethics of care in a world that normalizes violence.”
~ Suzy González, visual artist
“To see Jacobs’s art is to be challenged into a deeper sensitivity; drawn
in by the densely packed, kaleidoscoping waterfalls and explosions of hope
and pain that saturate each page in its own technicolor nightmare-vs-dream
landscape. Brushstrokes capture the expressions of humans and
other-than-humans against shifting backdrops dotted by minimalist utterances
that require you to draw upon your most raw emotions and join in a
collective yearning for any sign of compassion. SALT reveals a world that is
at the same time hopeless and hopeful—that merges identities of human and
non-human animals into both the heroes and the victims—within a journey that
gives no guarantee of safe passage. I feel like Jacobs’s art is unto itself
a form of essential, beautiful, heartbreaking, and unsparing activism.
Animal rights activists live balancing impossible realities and Jacobs’s art
is the language of that experience.”
~ Rebecca Moore, Founder and Executive Director, The Institute for Animal
Happiness
“Touching. Unsettling. Soul-stirring. I’m in awe of Jacobs’s art! SALT
tells the story of three wounded spirits crossing paths towards healing.
Poignant images, meaningful dialogues and a powerful preface combine to
awaken us from our collective cultural insanity. SALT reminds us that
nonviolence is the only thing that will make us feel whole again.”
~ Dr. Camila Perussello, author of Food for Thought: Planetary Healing
Begins on Our Plate
“In his allegorical comic, Jacobs reveals the relational and psychic
dimensions of trauma, anxiety, and care in the context of animal
exploitation in scientific research and the activists who intervene. Deftly
using raw, colorful illustration and relatable dialog, Jacob illustrates,
through fiction, the lived reality by those who take risks to save animals
from their systems of oppression.”
~ Linnea Ryshke, author of Kindling: Poetry and Art
Coyote Jacobs was born as a large insect under a rock but through a series of increasingly unfortunate events now has to live life as a human man. He forgets when he became an artist but it’s the main thing he does. His work draws primarily from his experiences with non-human animals, specifically those rescued from slaughterhouses and other places of exploitation. Within his work, he hopes to create uneasiness with the assumed entitlement over animal lives. He fosters bunny rabbits and is friends with many chickens.
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