This book collects illustrations Tsemberlidis made for recent Danish editions of Solaris by Stanislaw Lem and 2001: A Space Odyssey and Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke. It also features the comic Protoconscious.

Stathis Tsemberlidis is a visual artist and co-founder of the Decadence Comics art collective that began in 2003 together with artist Lando. He has co-edited 11 issues of the science fiction comic anthology Decadence as well as publishing his own comics and books under the same imprint.

He works within a wide range of media such as film and animation, exploring the boundaries between linear and nonlinear storytelling. In his work he merges the scientific with the mystical and the symbolic with the subconscious mind. His influences range from sci-fi literature and film to philosophy, politics, and science. Most recently he has been working with a team on a video game that will further explore themes and worlds from Decadence.

“Tsemberlidis’s work is a yearning for transcendence and a greater understanding of our relationship to the worlds that surround us, both inner and outer . . . [his] restless and pointillistic penwork evokes the razor sharp clarity of detail familiar to anyone who’s ever taken psychedelics.”--Mat Colegate, The Comics Journal

Author/Artist: Stathis Tsemberlidis
Publisher: 50 Watts Books
Pages: 64pp
Size: 6 x 9
Notes: paperback, color & b/w, flaps
Date of Publication: August 2024
ISBN: 978-1957625096