after lambana a graphic novel myth and magic in manila

Manix Abrera’s 12 breaks all language barriers in the world of storytelling, but cuts straight into your soul, touches your heart in several dimensions you can and cannot imagine. What is the meaning of life? Is finding happiness worth it when you lose what really matters the most? Would you even know what matters the most? Embrace pain and sorrow. A young girl attaches her eyes to a balloon so she can look for her mother above a crowd. Another shows how some group of scientists acquire superpowers because someone hesitated to dissect a frog. One story reveals a mysterious horror encountered in gloomy desolate highways. Each story presents itself in its own charm, with intriguing twists – a young man spends his entire life searching for answers but shock awaits when he finally gets that eureka moment someone finds love that unexpectedly finds somebody else two men argue over who goes first on an escalator a mother and daughter fight over a cockroach a drunk man urinates on a tree and gets a big surprise – making you wonder how these mundane plots can turn out bizarrely, prompting you to reflect and crave for more. Twelve genuinely touching stories, all drawn in Manix’s simplistic style, devoid of words, but communicate loudly and resonate wildly with your emotions. Twelve remarkable stories, weird and surreal, thought-provoking yet funny, sometimes disturbing, others terrifying, but nonetheless always enchanting.

The French creative partnership of Boquet & Catel continue their acclaimed run of substantial and captivating graphic biographies with this vital yet almost-forgotten woman pioneer of early cinema…Īnother significant woman, this time in the field of progressive manga, Yamada Murasaki, also gets her long-overdue re-discovery in her first translation…Īnd you may know what we say about waiting ages for buses here in the UK and then three come at once ! Well, after waiting for ages for more graphic novels from The Philippines to be translated into English, wouldn’t you know, this month that are no less than three announced, and from three different prestige publishers! These and lots more comics, both local and from far and wide, are coming your way soon, so take a browse of my latest PG Tips below…įilipino comic artist and three-time National Book Awardee Manix Abrera, in cooperation with Ablaze, presents 12.

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After lambana a graphic novel myth and magic in manila