Antarctic Seal:
Leomi Sadler

Antarctic Seal is a wonderful science fiction adventure comic from the high priestess of toon-strangeness, Leomi. Originally published in 2012, then republished by our comrades at Toy Box Coffin in 2024, this comic follows the exploits of a person trapped in a strange mansion. We watch them, and their pet effigy attempts to pass the time. Relatable to anyone who has been bored in a house that isn’t their own. Our protagonist goes on a number of short cartoon-victorian escapades. Early on, they burn a bible in a furnace, but later, to me, the most striking aside, they find a beautiful woman’s frock and decide to don it, remarking that “this is the sort of thing a creepy person would do.” After reflecting on what a woman does when she’s bored, our hero falls asleep. The punctuation of this arc—their wig falling to the ground.