Ilustración + Comix Internacional #19
"Una bifurcación en el camino" is a striking, surreal short story from Ilustración + Comix Internacional #19 (1982), written and illustrated by Barbe in a unified, stark style that blends psychological tension with dreamlike imagery. The tale unfolds in a single night under a full moon, following a woman’s descent from a tower as fragmented memories—of violation and quiet reading—interweave in haunting, unresolved sequences. The cover, by Jordi Longarón, captures the story’s eerie, meditative mood with its sharp, expressive lines.
In the reflective lenses of a man in a top hat, a woman’s final moments unfold—firing a gun, then falling, struck down. The same instant, the man collapses, a wound to his eye mirroring her fate.
In the quiet dread of a full moon, a woman leaps from a tower’s peak, her fall intercut with haunting flashes of a violated past and the quiet act of reading a book titled *Fairy Tales*.
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Reprinted in Heavy Metal Magazine #11 (1983), Ciudad #[nn] (2015)
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