Il Giornalino #43

In "Troppa pioggia," a girl is born in the subway and rides the rails for free—literally and figuratively—as a strange new world unfolds around her. Meanwhile, polluted Australian beaches are littered with rubber sandals from Indonesia, and a student takes legal action over a promised airplane from a contest. Illustrated with quiet surrealism by Carlo Peroni and a dreamlike cover by Gaspare Cassaro, this 1996 issue of Il Giornalino blends whimsy and unease in a story that feels both oddly familiar and deeply strange.