Omschrijving
This swirling maelstrom of a graphic novel, crafted
by one of the most celebrated cartoonists in South
America, delves into colonialism, feminine power,
and witchcraft.
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1768. It is a dark and foreboding night
when the boat arrives from Europe, bringing three shadowy figures
to shore. Before long, the María sisters will take the New World by
storm. In the coming years, they wend their way from town to town,
assisting women in need and wreaking vengeance against the men
who’ve wronged them. At once fiercely righteous and gleefully
malevolent, the sisterhood of witches exert their powers across
centuries, from the 1700s to the present, leaving a wreckage of
shattered and impotent men in their wake.
Told as a fractured narrative, through the eyes of the people
whose lives the sisters have cast asunder, Witchcraft is a mesmerizing mystery to piece together. This masterpiece of a graphic
novel combines strange magic, absurdist humor, and a fiery undercurrent of female rage, to tell a heady tale of colonialism, feminism,
and indigenous folklore. Hand drawn in a playful, kinetic cartoon style,
with a vibrant color palette, this experimental, eerie, and hilarious work
assures Sole Otero as one of the most dynamic comics artists in South
America — and everywhere.