Alberto Breccia #5

A beautifully moody entry in the Alberto Breccia series from Comma 22, this volume collects L'Acchiappastorie — "The Story Catcher" — a collaboration between Trillo and Breccia whose cover immediately signals the pair's unmistakable sensibility. The stark, high-contrast black-and-white artwork depicts a shadowy, heavyset figure reclining in an armchair, seemingly absorbed in a book or document, rendered in Breccia's characteristically expressive, almost expressionist linework. For admirers of Argentine comics at their most atmospheric and literary, this is a compelling addition to the shelf.