Em busca de uma paixão esquecida, um jovem viaja até uma misteriosa cidade. Entre habitantes hostis e seres do oculto, vê-se enredado numa teia inescapável. A sua paixão é na verdade uma elaborada armadilha, destinada a atrair vítimas para os poderes ocultos que se refugiam na cidade. O traço inocente de Sala sublinha aqui uma belíssima história de terror, que vai buscar inspiração às vertentes literárias e cinematográficas do género. Lê-se como uma amálgama nostálgica de velhos filmes de série B e excertos literários que perduram na mente longos tempos após leitura. I see several reviews saying they're not sure they understood the ending. So I thought I'd mention how I interpreted it. (Spoilers) The way I understood the ending was that the male lead was killed and then became doomed to live forever there as one of the monster-ish townsfolk (like resident evil kind of.) Specifically it turns out that he becomes the creepy goblin school child that he sees when he first enters the town. This "child's" creepiness is the first solid indication that the town is evil. So as he enters the town he literally sees what will become of him if he stays. It may be that folks who didn't pick up on that are less used to reading graphic novels? Graphic novels often do rely heavily on visuals to tell parts of the story. If you we're reading this, say the way you read a children's picture book, you might miss a lot of the story. The pictures don't just accompany the story, they are at minimum equal to the written words.
What do You think about Delphine (2013)?
Always Strange and fun, this new offering from Sala delivers more wonderful weirdness.
—kiko
