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About The Crackle Of The Frost
Product Description When confronted with his girlfriend’s request that they have a child together, Samuel fled that relationship. But a year later, when he receives a letter from Alice announcing that she is expecting a baby, old emotions flare up and he embarks on a long journey to see her again ― to re-open, or perhaps close forever, that important chapter of his life. The Crackle of the Frost graphic novel is the story of what he sees, hears, experiences, and learns during that journey. From Booklist With his strong coloration and curvy figuration, Mattotti can galvanize less-than-extraordinary scripts. Rather than revealing their weaknesses, he enriched Jerry Kramsky’s 1920s-set adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2003) and Claudio Piersanti’s Stigmata (2011) more than any other artist, perhaps, could have. He works his magic again on fiction writer turned psychotherapist Zentner’s text, the case history of a psychological breakdown. When Alice tells him she wants to have a baby with him, Samuel starts hearing “the noise”—which Mattotti, without cue from Zentner, strikingly depicts as manta ray–like birds—and drives her away. A year passes; she sends a note; he leaves to find her. Injured in bizarre circumstances en route and vastly delayed by recuperation, he finally proceeds to find Alice. The denouement of his story is relatively gentle and very humane. The legend-like tales Samuel tells amid his travails provide Oriental fodder for Mattotti’s imagination, but, visually alluding to Cezanne, Chagall, Munch, Picasso, Botero, and others, the artist already dazzles us by employing so much modern Western art to make Samuel’s story come alive. --Ray Olson About the Author Lorenzo Mattotti is a highly sought-after illustrator ( with frequent appearances in and on The New Yorker) and acclaimed graphic novelist. He lives in Paris, France; his work includes The Raven, a collaboration with Lou Reed re-imagining the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Jorge Zentner has written many graphic novels, including the Pampa series illustrated by Carlos Nine. This is his first graphic novel to be translated into English. Kim Thompson (1956-2013) was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the co-publisher of Fantagraphics Books and a champion of alternative and global comics. He lived in Seattle, WA, with his wife, Lynn, and their dog.
