Witchcraft, Sole Otero
In English, 376 pages in colour, softcover, 18.03 x 3.3 x 24.38 cm, Fantagraphics, October 2025
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1768. It's a dark and ominous night when the boat arrives from Europe, bringing three shadowy figures to shore. In a short time, the Mary sisters will conquer the New World. In the following years, they travel through various cities, helping women in need and taking revenge on the men who have wronged them. At once fiercely righteous and gleefully malevolent, the brotherhood of witches wields its powers over the centuries, from the 1700s to the present, leaving a trail of shattered and powerless men. Told as a fragmented narrative, through the eyes of the people whose lives the sisters destroyed, Witchcraft is a mesmerizing mystery to unravel. This comic masterpiece combines weird magic, absurd humor, and an undercurrent of female rage to tell a heady story about colonialism, feminism, and indigenous folklore. Hand-drawn in a playful, kinetic style with a vibrant color palette, this experimental, mysterious, and hilarious work earns Sole Otero a place among the most dynamic comic artists in South America--and the world.
