This Won’t Be Forever is a short, silent comic split into three sections – Autumn, Winter and Spring, and the changing of those seasons as we navigate the changing landscape around us.

Each short comic is accompanied by a piece of Japanese poetry and some Japanese-matchbox inspired designs.

I created This Won’t Be Forever along with a winter care box, specially designed to bring light and hope to people who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Each winter care box includes the comic, a locally sourced tealight candle, a handmade A6 sketchbook and a pencil.

You can buy the winter care package here

Alternatively, you can buy the comic only here

This Won’t Be Forever is a meditative experience created in the hope to see you through the seasons and into lighter, warmer times.

Reviews:

Cartoonist Rozi Hathaway keeps putting out tremendous work that arrives in my mailbox exactly when I need it.

Her book ROCKS arrived shortly after a friend of mine took his life and reading it helped me to process some of that grief.

Then came ETA CARINAE, which Hathaway originally started as a weekly comic during the early stages of the pandemic. I had become anxiety-ridden and disconnected. Eta Carinae helped me reconnect a little.

Now there’s THIS WON’T BE FOREVER. I’m in a transitional part of my life right now in terms of career and purpose. This book, silent and beautiful, reminded me, exactly as I was becoming overwhelmed, that there is both beauty in each moment and that life is a series of transformations.

So thank you, Rozi Hathaway, for your art.

Daniel Elkin, Editor in Chief of SOLRAD / President of Fieldmouse Press