Malkasian Cathy - The Heavy Bright - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Once the world lived in harmony. People trusted and aided each other dreamed freely and communed with their ancestors. And then one day the eggs appeared. One thousand black eggs heavy as pure lead which by some mystical property provoked greed and violence in all who came in contact with them. A family of brutish men managed to hoard the eggs and build a misogynistic dynasty that held all of the land in an iron grip. Years later Arna an orphaned young woman immune to the beguiling power of the eggs is charged with a monumental mission: hunt down these formidable men pilfer their eggs and release the bright from the heavy. Along the way she falls for the enchanting Sela who shows her how beautiful the world can be. In The Heavy Bright masterful cartoonist and animator Cathy Malkasian propels the reader into a lushly watercolour Ghibli - esque fantasy world tinged with equal parts whimsy and menace. Her characters are vulnerable and relatable made real through deep psychological underpinnings. Perhaps Malkasian's most ambitious and impactful work to date The Heavy Bright is an allegorical graphic novel that grapples with the themes of greed corruption ignorance and bigotry toxic masculinity female empowerment gender and queerness love death and the urgent necessity for all to come together to heal our ailing world.
Title: The Heavy Bright
Author(s): Malkasian Cathy
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Barcode: 9781683966920
Pages: 340 Pages, 340 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 3/28/2023
Category: Graphic Novels