Here in this handy-sized, 376 page, flexi-bound collection we are presented with dozens of the clearly delineated, short, witty, wordless comics created by the Shanghai-based videogame-designer-turned-cartoonist, Woshibai.  Read one at a time – or binge!  Either way, they all can stand up to multiple readings, and are fascinating in how – and what – they communicate so efficiently in a a brief series of drawings. Fun!

Yes, as you suspected, all the contributions in this star-studded 56th issue of Š! are rendered in black and white.  Lots of great work here, starting off with cover artist, Lina Ehrentraut's excellent 12-pager, "Fixed." 

 

Cover: Lina Ehrentraut (Germany) Contributors: Abraham Diaz (Mexico), Agate Lielpetere (Latvia), Ana Margarida Matos (Portugal), Andy Leuenberger (Switzerland), Anna Malicka (Latvia), Apolo Cacho (Mexico), Bhanu Pratap(India), Bohdana Zaiats (Ukraine) Catalina Bu (Chile), Hanele Zane Putnina (Latvia), Hironori Kikuchi (Japan), Jon Chandler (UK), Konig Lu. Q. (Switzerland), Leo Quievreux (France), Lina Ehrentraut (Germany), Lote Vilma Vitina(Latvia), Lukas Weidinger (Austria), Matti Hagelberg (Finland), Nicolas Mahler (Austria), Raids Kalnins (Latvia), Sujin Kim (South Korea), Woshibai (China). 

Format: A6, 164 pages, printed with Pantone Deep Black, perfect bound, Munken paper.