MONSTRATION Vol.2

SYNOPSIS:

In a world where everyone is required to register their monster with a government department, Lucia Drummond, who works digitizing old monster files, encounters a person without a monster. Who is this person and what does it mean to live without a monster... that is, without fear?

Lucia Drummond's search for the truth about Darcy and the real role of monsters in people's lives continues in Ouro Preto, where the archives of the Department of Monsters at the Barbacena Hospital are located. Her journey, tearing her away from the inertia of a bureaucratic life, has led her to meet peculiar people and strange places, but to few answers.

Now, Lucia must understand the meaning of her monster, the Banshee, while revisiting her past and her relationships, in a deep investigation that will bring powerful conclusions through the only form of knowledge that can save her: knowledge of herself.

But when there is a need to confront her own fear, is Lucia looking at her monster, the abyss, or a mirror?

In this direct sequel to the story that began in Monstruário Vol.1 (2017), the authors once again open the doors to this universe of personal monsters and their dusty archives. On the direct route to the conclusion of Lucia's saga, readers are once again invited to reflect on their own monsters: what their real fears are, and how they act to limit their lives... or to push them to the truth about themselves.

CREATIVE TEAM:

Screenplay: Lucas Oda

Art: Mario Cau

Colors: Danilo Freitas

Graphic Design: Maria Paula

Lyrics: Cadu Simões

QUOTES:

“Have you ever had the feeling that you are always talking to someone? Someone who is always with you? Who silently listens to you and subtly inspires you? “Monstruário”, although it may be terrifying at first, with this plot of a reality where personal monsters are catalogued, is, in fact, immersed in a lyricism and poetry that lulls us, scares us and mainly puts us on the path (if we are not already) of understanding what is important for us to have in order to live and coexist in this world.”

- Laudo Ferreira, cartoonist.

“We are witnessing strange times. Prejudice, hatred, obscurantism and especially a lack of empathy have their voices amplified (and even legitimized). And fear, this primordial feeling, is permeating the experiences of those who do not agree with old and dangerous proposals.

We still don't know what lies ahead, but if there's one thing I'd like to make clear in your reading of "Monstroverso" it's that a society governed by ignorance, fear and prejudice cannot succeed. Its future is undeniably compromised.

For us, who are free, it is up to us to fight so that we do not let our fear take over, nor the unfounded fear nurtured by “them” become the rule. (..) Let us be greater than our fears.”

- Mario Cau, cartoonist and co-author of its preface.