Mary & the Dark
2021
A monster in the night , an escape into the secrets of the city of Siena, will little Maria be able to save herself, or will the darkness take her?
A book for Siena , a book for everyone.
Maria flees the darkness through the streets of the magical city, aided by the creatures of the Palio, the totemic animals of the Siena districts. Born on a solitary night of quarantine, Maria and the darkness is an initiatory journey in search of the courage to face the night, a journey that will inevitably end with the greatest challenge, the one against oneself. The helpers of this adventure are exceptional archetypes, the animals of the Siena districts, so rooted in centuries-old tradition but ready, as soon as possible, to move alive through the city, animated by their reference people.
They wrote about 'Maria and the darkness'
“The comic 'Maria and the Dark' […] is already destined to represent a light at the end of the tunnel of the epidemic that is also gripping our city.”
Riccardo Bruni 'The Nation'
“There is everything in here, a work finally free from any rhetoric […] there is the will to let the world breathe, …”
Massimo Biliorsi 'The Nation'
“Nothingness is annihilated with a laugh, with a shrug of the shoulders.”
From the introduction by Duccio Balestracci
“The ghosts that inhabit us, until they take the form of a page, a drawing or a painting, can even kill us…”
Francesco Ricci for SienaNews.it
“It is surprising how this comic touches our deepest chords, …”
From the afterword by Katiuscia Vaselli
Availability:
Maria and the Darkness in paperback version is currently almost sold out, you can get it via paypal by writing to inkdrosptudioart@gmail.com .
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