The Long Weekend In Alice Springs

Now in its 5th print run!

The Long Weekend is a graphic novel that has been adapted from an essay, by Craig San Roque, that explores the idea of the Cultural Complex; one of Carl Jung’s early ideas about group behaviour that was left largely unexplored until very recently in the academic world.

Craig San Roque acts as narrator and protagonist, taking the reader throughout a long series of poetic thoughts and places, over the course of a long weekend in the central Australian desert town of Alice Springs whilst he grapples with an analysis of his own culture and the pain which it intentionally and unintentionally inflicts upon other cultures.

Moving, challenging and dangerous, The Long Weekend is a haunting comic, both shockingly funny and supremely uncomfortable to read. Its images will linger with you after you’ve placed it upon your bedside table, turned off the lamp and settled into a restless sleep.