Portugal

STARRED REVIEW "A tour de force! Pedrosa's loose, expansive writing style is perfectly complemented by his lush, lightly lined drawings, in which people and their stories overlap each other with discursive enthusiasm. Everybody has a lot to say in this graphic novel whose gorgeous art is as full as its story." --Publishers Weekly "STARRED REVIEW. Expectations for this volume, already a best seller in France, will be high. Luckily, this masterpiece is actually even better than the hype." --Tom Batten, Library Journal "A semi-autobiographical masterpiece...Pedrosa's art is outstanding, combining the warmth and vitality of sketchwork with an eye for detail and facial expressions. The book's palette of colors also helps to draw outsiders into the very personal experience of Portugal." --Peter Dabbene, Foreword "Ten Best Graphic Novels of 2017. As much a triumph of atmosphere as action. The book's artist as a young man may be disenchanted, but the dazzling, meditative panels are entirely enchanting" --Michael Cavna, Washington Post "Cyril Pedrosa's Equinoxes is an impressive feast of a book." --Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics and The Sculptor "Pedrosa deftly narrates his return to his roots in a deeply compelling and warmly human way." --Midwest Book Review "Digging into the past shows him how to move forward, and Pedrosa turns Simon's self-discovery into a beautiful journey through a foreign country full of wonders. There's remarkable precision in the artwork, with each location and character rendered in lush detail." --Onion AV Club "With this graphic novel, the master cartoonist lays it all bare. Like an overstimulated genius infant still fresh and new. " --Comics Grinder "Quite simply put, Equinoxes may just be one of the most important books you read this year. It is that damn good." --Broken Frontier "Ambitious and beautifully drawn. Worthy of recognition for comics as literature." --Foreword "A fine example of how graphic fiction can indeed be literature." --ICv2 "Thoughtful and well executed. The color work is exceptional." --Booklist "Pedrosa keeps the book moving briskly thanks to his facility with dialogue, skill with visual pacing and genuine affection for his characters." --High-Low Comics "Pedrosa's book works as a piece of art, so beautiful are the contents." --The Beat "Cyril Pedrosa's Equinoxes is an impressive feast of a book." --Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics and The Sculptor "Pedrosa deftly narrates his return to his roots in a deeply compelling and warmly human way." --Midwest Book Review "Pedrosa's art is outstanding, combining the warmth and vitality of sketchwork with an eye for detail and facial expressions. The book's palette of colors also helps to draw outsiders into the very personal experience of Portugal--a book that deserves every bit of the attention it has garnered." --Foreword Reviews