Resistance in Graphic Novels and Eco-Spirituality: An Eco-Critical Study of Climate Crisis Narratives in Kari and The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The study examines how ideas about resistance, spirituality, and nature are linked to environmental problems in the graphic works: Kari by Amruta Patil and The Great Pacific Garbage Patch by Joe Harris. Using an eco-critical approach, the research studies how filmmakers use storytelling and imagery to share about climate crises, including those rooted in ancient and indigenous beliefs. The author portrays urban pollution and a feeling of loneliness through gray, broken images in the city, which shows how torn the city is and how far people are from nature. It also explores how gender, place, and environmental problems are connected to critiquing patriarchy. Instead, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch makes fun of how life could be if the oceans became too full of plastic debris. It relies on powerful, colorful, and confounding footage to highlight the extent of marine destruction and human unconcern. The results suggest that when text, panel flow, and design blend well, they increase the impact of environmental topics on readers’ feelings and thoughts. Unlike most novels, these graphic novels make you feel as though you are part of the environmental crisis and help you relate more to climate change. They extend the field of eco-critical literature to include both visual culture and modern media. The work also underlines the ability of graphic novels to promote environmental education, support activism, and influence policies, and encourages further research into diverse graphic narratives on environmental themes to better support advocacy about global ecological crises.