Black is the Color
Graphic Novel - 2013 Adult Book / Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy / Gfrorer, Julia None on shelf No requests on this item
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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. Julia Gfrörer's delicate drawing style perfectly complements the period era of Black is the Color, bringing the lyricism and romanticism of Gfrörer's prose to the fore. Black is the Color is a book as seductive as the sirens it depicts. Black & white.
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PUBLISHED
Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, Inc., 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Graphic Novel
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1606997173
9781606997178
SUBJECTS
Sailors -- Fiction.
Mermaids -- Fiction.
Graphic novels.