This 364 page black & white hardcover volume is the (print) graphic novel debut of Korean comic book artist, Yudori.  A period drama, Raging Clouds is a tale set in the patriarchal society of 16th-century Holland that centers on an impoverished noblewoman married to an up and coming merchant who then further allies himself to an Asian mistress.  This unlikely pair of women then in turn create an alliance through shared truth telling, and so manage to carve our a space that they can be for themselves within and despite the limitations imposed upon them by the patriarchy, and then use that to move history forward through science.  These two central women are further enmeshed with a pair of servant women with whom they share household duties in a surprisingly egalitarian manner and whose efforts are also crucial to the drama.  Yudori is a talented and skilled drawer with special strengths in rendering faces and figures. In Raging Clouds she plays to her strengths in advancing the drama through imagery and by doing so, embodies its central thesis that the power of personality holds sway over historical forces.   

 

We've posted a gallery of spreads on the Copacetic Tumblr, HERE, to give you a taste of what's in store.

You can learn more about Yudori and Raging Clouds by reading this short interview with her at Publisher's Weekly, HERE.