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SILENCE GN
(W) Bruce Mutard (A) Bruce Mutard (CA) Bruce Mutard
A provocative graphic novel about the nature of art, told through the eyes of Choosy McBride, gallery manager and curator, and her artist partner, Dmitri When Choosy McBride discovers an extraordinary artwork she is determined to track down the unknown artist. With her partner Dmitri, an artist wrestling with his own creative demons, she follows the trail to an exhibition at an enigmatic gallery in Northern Queensland, but the creator of the mysterious artworks remains elusive. Increasingly frustrated, and resolved on a dramatic course of action, Choosy insists they make a final visit to the gallery. But will the truth revealed there be what either of them expect?
STRANGE BLOOD GN
(W) Sergi Puyol (A) Sergi Puyol (CA) Bruce Mutard
Strange Blood is both a mystery thriller and psychological exploration of what triggers obsession inside the human mind. What exactly does stranger blood stand for? Arnaldo's life is filled with a pneumatic void. He can't stand Fridays, can't stand working, he can't stand, in general, his sorry postmodern existence. Until one day something random happens. Against his will, his spirit is shaken to the core leading him into an all-consuming obsession. He goes on a compulsive hunt to find answers, and his search will lead him through Russian novels, gallons of beer and into metaphysical questions to finally realize one can escape any place on earth except his mind.
TRINITY GN
(W) Wide Vercnocke (A) Wide Vercnocke (CA) Bruce Mutard
After the Second World War, Ferdinand Vercnocke, the author's grandfather, was sentenced to ten years in prison for collaboration for putting his writing skills at the service of the German occupier. He was released after five years, and twenty years later he was rehabilitated. The Vercnocke family would hardly talk about that black past, not even after his death in 1989. In 2015, Bout Vercnocke considers the time finally ripe to dig up the dark past of his father: how and to what extent his father collaborated, how big was his involvement and responsibility?