


The artwork has the conceptual depth and textural richness of paintings and propels the eye through this finely crafted, gripping story of mystic possession, psychic delirium and explosive, fiery retribution.

As Gage shows though, the meaning instilled in these colours was far from stable: Albeit Piet Mondrian consistently used the primaries, red in his theosophist phase symbolised. Mattotti's color drawingsvivid, brooding and rigorously composedcombine masterfully with a narrative of great sensitivity and lyrical mystery. In this comic, Lorenzo Mattotti does, for example, make use of the colour red as symbol of intense emotion which also pays tribute to art of the early twentieth century. After deserting his command, the lieutenant, possessed and hallucinating, proceeds to destroy his shipmates. Lieutenant Absinthe, a young naval officer leading the reconnaissance, discovers that this enigmatic place is inhabited by even more inscrutable creatures and that he has been selected, by two chimerical cherubs, to be the island's defender. FIRES By Lorenzo Mattotti Graphic Novel TPB 1988 Catalan Communications. The ship has come to explore the island and investigate a series of missing vessels in the vicinity. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Fires (Catalan. The great battleship Anselm II steams into the harbor of a small island, the hills of which inexplicably and continuously blaze with fires. This haunting, supernatural tale, by an Italian illustrator and fashion designer, displays the artistry of European comics at their very best.
