OPPD #12: La Perdida

From La Perdida, >the lost girl<, by Jessica Abel. The whole book is beautifully and intricately illustrated. This is one of the few panels I could find that's open like this one. Abel is a very skilled short story writer (see Artbabe) and her first long-form is lovely. I'm a little impatient with the thriller aspect of it, because the social aspects are much more interesting - the American expat in Mexico City trying to get in touch with her Mexican roots, falling in with some "authentic", but not-so-nice, locals, meeting other expats who seem to socialize only with each other... the poverty of Mexico, the beautiful art and architecture, the difficulties of getting along in a country where you barely know the language.. this stuff is fascinating to me. The kidnapping plot is extraneous. But I'm eager to see where she takes it in this last issue coming up.