Cynthia #[nn]

Leo Ortolani's Cynthia struts onto the page with its striking cover: a tall, self-assured blonde woman in a green leopard-print dress cuts through a crowd of wide-eyed, slack-jawed onlookers rendered in vivid pink tones, commanding every bit of attention in the scene. The contrast between her full-color presence and the flushed, dumbstruck crowd around her immediately signals a sharp comic sensibility at work. Published by Steinkis in 2019, this French edition of Ortolani's work promises the kind of witty, visually confident storytelling the Italian cartoonist does so well.