Short Run is honored to help support the final production of Nur Schuba’s Chikyu Chronicles with a $500 grant.
Chikyu Chronicles is a bilingual (English & Japanese) science adventure comic based on Nur’s real-life experience as an onboard science communicator for IODP Expedition 405 aboard the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu. Through humor, sequential storytelling, and approachable illustrations, the comics introduce readers to scientific ocean drilling, earthquake research, and life at sea. The book follows scientists and a fictionalized version of Nur as they navigate a high-tech research vessel, and try to understand strange scientific tools.
Runner’s up for this grant were the following incredible artists: (please check out their work and seek them out at the festival!)
