Overview
New York Public Library Best Comics for Adults 2024 Within our visible world, there are hidden worlds full of unknown forces whose nature we cannot fathom. Ocultos swirls together a series of stories that form a bridge between our world to the next, where thoughts and dreams can bend and shape reality. A woman in therapy is haunted by disturbing visions; a lonely widower feels a presence wafting through her house; a little boy sees bright red lights flash across the night sky. Vivid dreams, poignant symbols, fleeting sensations - all clues that point to an understanding of what lies beyond. Celebrated for her previous graphic novel, Totem, Spanish comics artist Laura Pérez presents another entrancing vision of magic and mystery. Artfully rendered in her signature wispy, atmospheric pencil lines punctuated by splashes of color, Ocultos is a spiritual, reflective work that will leave you spellbound.
Full Product Details
Author: Laura Perez ,
Andrea Rosenberg
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Imprint: Fantagraphics
ISBN: 9781683969990
ISBN 10: 1683969995
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 17 September 2024
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
In this darkly charming collection, brief moments of mysticism and magical realism examine the ways magic shows up in our modern world. ... P�rez's style is distinctive and startlingly beautiful.-- ""Booklist""
"In this darkly charming collection, brief moments of mysticism and magical realism examine the ways magic shows up in our modern world. ... P�rez's style is distinctive and startlingly beautiful.-- ""Booklist"""
Pérez's artwork is dark and haunting, while at the same time beautiful and approachable. If you are into graphic works that linger and slowly reveal themselves, then this is the book for you.-- ""Cinema Sentries"" In this darkly charming collection, brief moments of mysticism and magical realism examine the ways magic shows up in our modern world. ... Pérez's style is distinctive and startlingly beautiful.-- ""Booklist"" Quiet and reflective, Ocultos offers up flash fictions hauntings and tone poem visitations that carry a great and emotional weight.-- ""AIPT Comics""
Author Information
Laura Pérez is a Spanish illustrator and comics artist whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, National Geographic, and Vanity Fair, among others. She's created several award-winning graphic novels, and Totem is her English debut. In 2022, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for her title design for the TV series Only Murders in the Building. Andrea Rosenberg is a translator who has worked on a variety of novels and graphic narratives in Spanish and Portuguese. Her translations of the graphic novels Run For It by Marcelo D'Salete and The House by Paco Roca won Eisner Awards in 2018 and 2020, respectively.
