pedestrienne

My library is now buying Koyama Press stuff!!!

I just looked it up and Fata Morgana means a mirage. This is a wordless, mostly plotless book of not-quite-psychadelic fever dreamscapes. Vermilyea's cartooning suggests the weight of its characters. It has a real density to it, and he covers every landscape with intertwining details that push to the forefront of the page. The coloring is bright, mixing pastels with bold, almost neon tones. It's a visual feast, disorienting at times, and my only wish is that it were a series of fold-out posters so the gutter hadn't gotten in the way.