Aug Stone

It’s tough to put into words just how special this book is, complimented and complicated by the fact that the pages themselves are completely silent. It is, however, very evident that the emotions, like the central character themself, are too big to be contained by mere language. giant's illustrator, Mollie Ray, does an excellent job of conveying all the sadness and turmoil that come with a cancer diagnosis.

You can tell this is going to be a beautiful book just by the lovely hardback cover. An elegant shade of green befitting its heroine, aristocratic adventuress Petra de Karlowitz. With a passion for aviation and anonymity, Petra takes to the skies from her home in Holland to thwart the Germans during the tail end of World War I. But this is only the beginning.

There's an amusing anecdote as to how Jordi Lafebre got his start in comics (see below), but he rose to recognition collaborating with French writer Zidrou on such titles as Lydie, La Mondaine, and thea six volumes of Les Beaux Étés (Glorious Summers) between 2009 and 2021. His first solo venture was 2020's gorgeous Always Never. It's wonderful love story told in reverse, with the last chapter running completely backwards.