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The Blood of the Immortals (2022)

by Françoise Ruscak  (Author), Francesco Trifogli (Artist). An expedition arrives on the planet Verfebro in search of life's greatest ambition: immortality. What if the key to eternal life were only a few planetary systems away? A motley crew is sent to Verfebro in search of a mystifying elixir—one that runs through the veins of a ferocious local species: the Dracs. The members of the expedition will do anything to uncover the mysteries of life on this planet, no matter the cost.

Amalia (Europe Comics 2022)

Created by Aude Picault. Amalia is on the verge of burnout. Her family life—with her husband, Karim; her 4-year-old daughter, Lili; and her 17-year-old stepdaughter, Nora—is nothing but rushing around, screaming, and doors slamming. At work, they talk about agility, flexibility, and adaptation, but her workload is slipping away from her. As she drives through the countryside, she sees diseased wheat fields and polluted rivers. She can’t even listen to the radio without some new story about deadly attacks and a dying climate. Amalia struggles, tries, fails… and eventually, she cracks. 

An Enemy of the People (Europe Comics 2022)

Script & Art by Javi Rey. An adaptation of Ibsen’s play: Dr. Stockmann discovers that his town’s thermal springs are contaminated with bacteria, so he decides to warn everyone. But to fix the problem, expensive work would be necessary. The town’s mayor, who is none other than the doctor’s own brother, tries to silence Stockmann.

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Pizzeria Kamikaze (2018)

by Etgar Keret  (Author), Asaf Hanuka (Illustrator). Mordy wanted to get away. Now in an afterlife for all victims of suicide, he still has to attend a crappy job in a place no more or less crappy than the place he came from. No matter where Mordy goes, he’s still Mordy. But he’s shaken from the mundane after he runs into his former roommate and discovers that his beloved ex-girlfriend is there too, which sets Mordy up for a much needed road trip through an absurdist and fantastical landscape to find her.

Out in the Open (2018)

by Javi Rey (Adapter), Jesús Carrasco (Author). After suffering violence and betrayal at home, a young boy flees into an uncompromising landscape ravaged by drought. Without food or water, exposed to the heat of the sun and the violence of his pursuers, the boy sets out across the Spanish plains. An encounter with an elderly goatherd offers hope of survival. The old man can help him stay ahead of the dangers that lie outside—but he can’t fix the internal drama that plays out in the boy’s mind. Nightmares are a constant reminder of a traumatic past and an unstable present.

Mox Nox (Joan Cornellà) (2015)

Spanish cartoonist Joan Cornella’s viciously funny Mox Nox single-page strips are wordless, full-color, hand-painted marvels of the form. That his visually inviting artwork is in the service of Cornella’s graphic sense of humor/horror only heightens the appeal. Mox Nox is populated almost exclusively by smiling psychopaths who invariably turn even the most mundane situation into a side-splitting and cringe-inducing farce. Full-color illustrations throughout