Castaways #[nn]

Three figures stand in close proximity yet feel worlds apart — a young woman with auburn hair and a polka-dot blouse at center, flanked by two others who seem lost in their own quiet orbits. The muted, earthy palette and intimate framing give this graphic novel by Laura Pérez and Pablo Monforte an immediately compelling sense of solitude in the middle of a crowd. Castaways looks like a thoughtful, human-scale story about the distances we keep, even from the people right beside us.