Totem

Two young women road trip through the Arizona desert in search of a spiritual awakening. Crowds gather to see the village wise woman commune with the dead. Strange bright lights flash across the night sky, provoking all manner of interpretations. A mosaic of experiences, Totem offers tantalizing glimpses of characters on their own journeys connected by some ethereal thread. The narrative slips through time and space, delicately drifting from reality to different states of consciousness. Like a vivid dream, this story is rendered through eerie settings and potent symbols, a spiritual puzzle inviting the reader to piece together. With Totem, this self-assured graphic novel by Spanish illustrator and comics artist Laura Pérez is presented in English for the first time. Pérez presents an entrancing, contemporary vision of magic and mystery, aptly rendered through her wispy, atmospheric pencil lines.

About the author

Laura Pérez is a Spanish illustrator and comics artist whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, National Geographic, and Vanity Fair, among others. She's created several award-winning graphic novels, and Totem is her English debut. In 2022, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for her title design for the TV series Only Murders in the Building.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Perez, Laura Pérez, Laura/ Rosenberg PTrez
• Assisted by: Andrea Rosenberg (Translation), Rosenberg Andrea (Translation)
• Publisher: Fantagraphics
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781683968979
• ISBN: 978-1-68396-897-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Graphic Novels, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Literary, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Occult & Supernatural, Graphic novel & Comic book: types