Rafael Sonteteriz Guilty forgets, published by Cartem Comics, brings an incredible and interesting story of a research writer in a city that has met better times, but the mystery inherent to him will bring the protagonist to
Guilty oblivion It is a graphic novel that will attract the reader for several reasons, the author of this, Rafael Fonteriza reference of the ninth national art; A perfectly Hilvanado script with a defined and vibrant structure; A precise and realistic design; And a presentation appeared for which he opted for Cartem Comics, which enhances the graphic aspect of the work.
Los adults who disappear In Spain they usually do it for voluntary reasons, but many times in contexts of emotional, social or economic vulnerability, with mental health problems, important personal breaks or use of substances. These circumstances increase the risk of apparition in bad conditions or fatal results.
Los Reasons and factors The disappearance are different, such as psychosocial and emotional problems, including a sad or afflicted mood or the voluntary abandonment of the medical/psychiatric treatment; complicated circumstances of life; situational configurations; Or/and results associated with the state of appearance. Therefore, in 2018, it was decided to create the National Center for Missing Person (cndes).
Him Cndes Dependent on the Ministry of the Interior, it is the centralized management body for the effective and permanent coordination of disappeared people used by the security forces and bodies. It also acts as a point of contact, for the development of cooperation measures with public administrations and other institutions and public and private authorities authorized, both national and international, including representative organizations of the sector and the media, whose participation is essential for any dissemination, notices, notices or requests for collaboration with the population.
The plot
The story revolves around a protagonist, Daniel FerrerAND writer This arrives in a city practically abandoned to try to culminate an investigation for their next book. In decreases, there seems to be nothing interesting, but the memories buried in their subconscious begin to leave, since the silence of the place cannot prevent the interval from resurfaced.
Thanks to the collaboration of the hotel employee, IreneDaniel can start investigating mysterious disappearances who have occurred in the immediate vicinity, without apparent links and without the collaboration of the location of the local civil guard, but an exploration, also interested in disappearance, will begin to collaborate with him.
From that moment on, their internal and external facts will join Daniel, who I will try to solve the mystery while seeing insideTherefore a confused and heartbreaking scenario is generated, instead and depoperate, which will forgive the fate of the writer. Here the exterior is important as the interior, because what the protagonist feels will be the path to continue in the investigation.
Rafael Fonteriz as a complete author
The Valent Rafael Fonteriz He is the author of the screenplay and the guilt cartoons, where he shows his mastery and shows all his knowledge about the environment. In Spain he started working in fanzine and other media close to his city, to go to work in larger publishers such as The dome and subsequently to American publishers such as WonderStarting from the British branch of this.
Fonteriz is also very remembered for his work in the brilliant series of Hispanic superheroes Iberia incwho had other great authors such as Rafael Marín y Carlos PachecoThen this work will show the newbies player at the Opera di Valencia to an artist with capital letters.
Screenplay
The script is a Intimate and introspective accountwith pausewith contemplative scenes; Minimum or silent dialogues; Focusing on showing more than in saying, the environment, empty and empty spaces are important. The prologue of the beginning increases only the interest of the reader in knowing what the title is tired.
Oblivion as a narrative engine means bringing to light something that is dark or crumbling like people. This is what the protagonist tries to avoid and reflect in that book he wants to write, so that the inner tension is what moves the narrative, rather than a plot with many shifts. It is, in a certain sense, a story close to a polaras above, also published by Cartem Comics.
Los Dialogues of the graphic novel are perfectly measured By the author, they do not seem loaded with useless exposure, but allow you to leave the reader’s space so that they can capture the sensations, the atmospheres of the scenarios and the silences as an essential part of the plot that sees the protagonist of Daniel.
Daniel Ferrer, the protagonist, is a character with whom the reader will empathize from the first pages, as well as the hotel reception officer where Irene is hosted, which acts as a jovial counterpute for the writer. While the author presents new characters such as Germán or Juan, the mystery will be a fog looking for someone to dissipate and give him an answer, increasing the reader’s interest to know what Daniel obtained in that remote city.
The drawing
Him Apatized formatIn the extras the first conception is shown in a vertical arrangement, Promotes visual composition And the script is much more intense, Poque allows large floors in the different cartoons, with a drawing and aesthetic that accompanies the meditative tone of history.
The work is completely done in black and white, with the exception of some cartoons in which the sky is what the protagonist and the reader observes, with a vivid and clear blue that contrasts with the general tone of work, in which everything appears with a ash and sad tone, like people who do not have that vitality that once.
Rafael Fonteriz contributes with his oblivion of guilt Recognizable stylewhat is clear and detailedWith good management of the figurative design. In the graphic novel he knows how to make a Sublime use of lightThe tones, the environment, the architecture or the desolation of the place to reflect the emotional state of the protagonist, which also works as a visual metaphor, projecting the interior on the outside.
Edition
Guilty oblivion was published by Cartem ComicsIn hard coveragein format horizontal with measures of 16 × 23 cm and an extension of 120 pageswho has a prologue written by The towersas well extra material Where you can see the initial sketches of the graphic novel.
A man is installed in an almost uninhabited city to start again, but what he finds is not calm, but the return of memory and a defect that has never left behind.
When silence no longer protects
A man arrives in an almost empty city. Look for what many look for when everything falls apart: start again.
But that place, still and uninhabited, does not offer comfort. Just return the echo of what he wanted to forget.
The oblivion of guilt is an escape story that, in reality, is a return: to the memories, to the fault, to which it has never closed at all.
Rafael Fonteriz builds a slow, introspective and enveloping story, in which the important thing is not what happens outside, but what is agitated inside.
A work that is more than saying it
There are no spectacular persecutions or curves. What is there is a man on the edge, a reality that begins to get rid and a memory that hurts more.
Everything is narrated by The Visual: Open Plans, Film Frames, Silences who say everything.
Each cartoon invites you to stop. Breathe. To look carefully.
It is a comic that does not devour. He is traveled, like those who return home without knowing if someone will open the door.
What makes the guilty oblivion special
A psychological thriller with poetic soul, which replaces the action for emotional tension.
Symbolic and silent narrative, which is engaged in the power of the image and pause.
Apatsticized, unusual and powerful format: emotional landscapes of power, emptiness, distance.
An author with trade: Rafael Fonteriz puts his experience here at the service of an intimate, mature and deeply human story.
A reading that leaves a mark
The oblivion of guilt does not seek easy answers. Nor redemption.
He shows us alone – with beauty, with rough – what happens when you dare to stop and look inside.
It is a job on fault. But also for the fragile of identity, the need to forget and the real impossibility of doing it completely.
For whom this comic is
For readers who connect with introspective graphic novels such as Daytripper, Fun Home or Art of Flying.
For those who appreciate the visual narrative on pause, symbolic and emotional.
For contemporary graphic novel readers, the comic or psychological thrillers of the author without concessions.
Perfect for bookstores with sections of literary comics, dramas for adults or works they invite you to reread.
