Marco Corona

The third and final issue of Marco Corona's Reflections is a worthy send-off for this series, one of the more beautiful and enigmatic titles in the Ignatz Series from Fantagraphics Books. This roughly, but lovingly, drawn story of adolescent pain and adult reserve is a wonderful stroll through memories, dreams, and the power of daydreams to weave those things together as a salve and a form of self-therapy. All around, Reflections is a great exploration of adult themes in the comics form, and manages that trick while never losing sight of the pure pleasure of the medium.… (altro)

The Reflections story is definitely starting to get more interesting with this second installment, and in many ways this volume represents an all-around improvement in the product, with additional color and bolder, clearer inking than we saw in Reflections #1.

These two issues of Reflections are my only exposure to Marco Corona's work, but I am liking what I see so far, and eagerly await the next volume. The rich dream scape of siblings Miranda and Riccardo is starting to acquire elements of real beauty and power, and certainly Corona will enthrall us even more in Reflections #3.… (altro)

An intriguing entry in the Ignatz Series from Fantagraphics Books, Reflections #1 introduces us to the young girl Miranda, as well as other members of her immediate family, including her sick brother Riccardo. The story is only really getting off the ground in this first volume, so it's hard to say where Reflections will end up going, but the dreamy quality of the story thus far paired with Corona's wildly cross-hatched line art is enough to keep this reader interested in seeing what the second volume of Reflections will have to offer.… (altro)