kuš! mono #9:  Synapses by Ivo Puiupo

Synapses is a working through of multiple traumas, grief and loss via a series of abreactive comics that take multiple forms and engage with multiple styles of drawing and representation.  Roughly the first half – 64 pages – is in black and white with grey tones. The second half then abruptly shifts to full color for the remainder of this 112 page volume.  It is a book more experieinced than read.

"Synapses is a collection of short stories by Ivo Puiupo. You can jump from story to story, there is a strong ever-changing voice that leads through this graphically sophisticated and refreshing narrative book. 

Ivo Puiupo (*1996, Lisbon) is a Brazilian/Portuguese visual artist based in Sao Paulo. His research dialogues with comics and its various ways of unfolding and intersecting with studio production. Puiupo is part of the zine collective Pepito Corp and the artistic collective BASA."

"It’s truly a book made of people, communicating, unfolding and touching one another, transposing bridges, connecting yet unknown possibilities." - Fabio Zimbres