I thought this was a neat, sepia-like piece, what with it’s effective pen-like line shading, and a quasi-fairytale-like interaction of light and shadow. Could be a wimmelbilder, I reckon.
It comes from a book I’ve just started, Ye, in which Brasilian talent Petreca seems to handle almost every aspect of the book’s creation.
—> a high-detail version of the art is here, as long as Imgur can manage to hang on to it <—
About the book, I can’t give any sort of review yet, but here’s what BDT had to say:
One of his generation’s most talented comic book writers, Guilherme Petreca offers us “Ye”, a cauldron of references to the inner-workings of his own mind. It tells the story of a young mute who goes in search of healing.
This fantastic, poetical work shows us Ye’s learning journey, set during his transition from adolescence to adulthood. We encounter pirates and monsters, a retiring accordionist, and even a drunken clown*, all in a world full of nightmarish dangers and misadventures. But all this will eventually lead him to Miranda, an old healing witch with ‘a thousand eyes.’
* (N.B.-- not a JohnnyEnzyme reference in this case)
Wow, loving everything about this. Adding this to my list of purchases. Do you know if the original is in Portuguese? I like to read the original text when I can, and in this case I can, since Portugal is my native country.
Do you know if the original is in Portuguese?
I would be shocked if not, as it’s a little Brasilian classic.
Still-- please understand that this is essentially a children’s book. I liked it from the ‘child’s point-of-view’ and the classic hero’s journey, but there’s nothing more than just that.
Thank you for the reply. And for the disclaimer that is essentially a children’s book. I’ll still keep an eye out for it. There’s a feeling of sorrow and longing to the premise that attracts me none the less. And the artwork is quite gorgeous too. So, thanks.
There’s a feeling of sorrow and longing to the premise that attracts me none the less.
Now that is absolutely TRUTH, and… relevancy… and hell yeahs…
And for the disclaimer that is essentially a children’s book.
Childrens’ books are some of the greatest literature, let’s not BS each other, eh?
