Virus Tropical

In Virus Tropical, Colombian cartoonist Powerpaola adapts her own life into a raw, intimate graphic novel memoir, originally published as a single volume by Random House Mondadori in 2013. Set against the backdrop of 1980s and '90s Bogotá, the story traces her unconventional upbringing within a family of strong, eccentric women, navigating adolescence, sexuality, and the search for identity. Powerpaola's distinctive, loose ink-and-watercolor style captures the chaos and tenderness of growing up, making this a landmark work of Latin American autobiographical comics.