Indian Summer

In the late 1980s, Catalan Communications brought a European masterwork to English-speaking readers with Indian Summer, a single-issue graphic novel by the legendary Italian artist Milo Manara. Set in the colonial era, this lushly painted historical drama explores themes of power, desire, and cultural collision through Manara’s signature, sensuous visual storytelling. While brief, the series stands as a striking example of the sophisticated, adult-oriented European comics that Catalan championed during this period.