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Virus Tropical

Power Paola

3.77 AVERAGE


Very satisfying autobiographical comic. The artist uses a thin graphic pen that leads her to feature small details in the drawing (pimples on a face, for example, or crumbs on a plate). Absolute genius is Power Paola's rendering of textures. Each panel has lots of textures, plus hatching and cross-hatching for shadows. Lots to discover inside each of them. I also specially liked the full page panels introducing each chapter, very much inspired by Frida Kahlo's paintings: blood, tears, distortions, mythological animals, catholic imagery, lack of proper perspective to highlight hierarchies. Ecuador and Colombian are illustrated subtly but deftly. I can't wait for the next volumes!

gfox3737's review

5.0

So, so awesome. I hope the rest of her work gets translated or that my Spanish gets better so that I can read it. Definitely up there with the best of the best graphic memoirs.

I really enjoyed this graphic memoir, and Paola's expressive art style.
emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

Es un libro con unas ilustraciones increíbles, los cambios de colores de las páginas son muy bien manejados y la historia es muy buena y tiene un buen ritmo. Me hubiese gustado que fuera un poco más larga pero estuvo bien. Ahora quiero ver la película

aniluzavala's review

2.0

Es diferente a todas las novelas gráficas que he leído, y no sé si fue porque la leí digital, pero me constó mucho seguir el hilo de varias cosas. Sentía que de pronto hablaban de una situación completamente diferente, y sentí que la historia terminó de tajo :c