In her North American graphic novel debut, Mothballs, Sole Otero demonstrated that she is a cartoonist who isn't afraid to take chances when doing so can serve to expand the the territory of comics storytelling. Here in the 376 full color pages of Witchcraft, she continues further into the comics wilderness in a tale set in the Buenos Aires of 1768.
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"It is a dark and foreboding night when the boat arrives from Europe, bringing three shadowy figures to shore. The María sisters have come to take the New World by storm. At once righteous and menacing, the sisters will exert their insidious powers over generations, leaving a wreckage of shattered spirits in their wake.
Told through the eyes of the people whose lives the sisters have cast asunder, Witchcraft is a mesmerizing mystery to piece together. Strange magic, dark humor, and a fiery undercurrent of female rage cohere into a heady tale of colonialism, indigenous folklore, and modern agoraphobia. A kaleidoscopic work of literary fiction, crafted with vision and verve, that assures Sole Otero as one of South America's most dynamic cartoonists."