Black is the Color begins with a 17th-century sailor abandoned at sea by his shipmates, and as it progresses he endures, and eventually succumbs to, both his lingering death sentence and the advances of a cruel and amorous mermaid. The narrative also explores the experiences of the loved ones he leaves behind, on his ship and at home on land, as well as of the mermaids who jadedly witness his destruction. At the heart of the story lie the dubious value of maintaining dignity to the detriment of intimacy, and the erotic potential of the worst-case scenario. Julie GfrÃ¶rerâ€™s delicate drawing style perfectly complements the period era of Black is the Color, bringing the lyricism and romanticism of GfrÃ¶rerâ€™s prose to the fore.

Black Is The Color

Comics & Graphic Novels

Gfrörer, Julia

Graphic Novels

Fantagraphics Books

Powerful and impulsive cartooning of the highest caliber still exists in the short form; you just have to look. For all these lonely lovers, Kramers Ergot fights the good fight and gathers many of the best and brightest together in one giant, oversized collection. For a few moments, you can fool yourself into believing in a reality where â€œcomicsâ€ is vital and powerful, and can still make you lose it with laughter. Kramers Ergot 9 will feature the work of Michael Deforge, Noel Freibert, Steve Weissman, Anya Davidson, Stefan Marx, Abraham Diaz, Leon Sadler, Julia GfrÃ¶rer, Adam Buttrick, Kim Deitch, Ben Jones, Andy Burkholder, Antony Huchette, Trevor Alixopulos, Antoine CossÃ©, Archer Prewitt, Kevin Huizenga, Renee French, and many other greats tba.

Kramers Ergot 9 (KRAMERS ERGOT GN)

Weissman, Steven

Huizenga, Kevin

Deitch, Kim

French, Renée

In a plague-ravaged medieval city, survival is a harsher fate than death. As corpses accumulate around her, Agnes, a young widow possessed of supernatural strength, must weigh her obligations to the dead and dying against her desire to protect what little remains. Laid Waste is a graphic novella about love and kindness among vermin in the putrid miasma at the end of the world. As with her evocative debut book, Black is the Color, Julia Gfrörer's delicate, gothic drawing style perfectly complements the period era of the book’s setting, bringing the lyricism and romanticism of her prose to the fore.

Laid Waste

Julia Gfrorer's third graphic novel is another revitalising and contemporary spin on the grand tradition of gothic storytelling, exploring ideas of abandonment and sexuality with an expert mix of mystery, horror, and nostalgia. A vision-impaired, Victorian spinster has little time for herself between needing to take care of her bipolar sister-in-law and investigating her brother's mysterious nighttime activities. To escape it all, she engages in a sexual relationship with a haunted mirror in her bedroom.

Vision

Fantagraphics

World Within the World: Collected Minicomix & Short Works 2010-2022

Dévasté

ATRABILE

VISION

ALPHA DECAY

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