THE DESIGN, LAURA PÉREZ VERNETTI AND JAVIER PÉREZ ANDÚJAR

What a team the Pérez brothers are! Andújar and Vernetti! Inspirations like few others for the exuberance that illuminates us. Laura, the leading cartoonist of the Spanish underground, the cool mom of El Víbora. And Pérez Andújar, father of Flandis Mandis and a key writer at Mondo Brutto. Both from the county and both creatively united, for the first time, by El designio.

After several novels, essays, and a ton of articles and newspaper columns, *El designio* (The Design) is the first comic book scripted by Javier Pérez Andújar. It takes place in Barcelona, ​​as you might expect. A gritty, swampy, and dirty vibe. References to neighborhoods, parks, and bars, allusions to record labels and subcultural phenomena: a dreamlike yet dodgy atmosphere in which this mystery unfolds. The strange circumstances surrounding Maravillas's death are the crux of the investigation carried out by Father Elías, El Largo, and the one-armed Patricia. They'll scour dives and bazaars, resorting to the most unexpected techniques to try and unravel the mysteries of the living and the dead. Laura adds a dark touch to all of this, with her usual style, and, incidentally, having fun with varied stylistic choices depending on the tone and the story that intersects with the main plot. A real treat.

• Number of Pages: 96
• Binding: Hardcover
• Approximate dimensions: 20 x 27.5 cm