Humanoids is including to its ever-expanding library of lushly-illustrated graphic novels from top-notch worldwide creators. The writer will launch Seoul Before Sunrise, French artist Samir Dahmani‘s new graphic novel, in February of 2024. The guide follows a younger girl who sparks an unlikely friendship with a stranger whereas strolling the streets of Seoul at evening.
Here’s how Humanoids describes Seoul Before Sunrise:
Longtime mates Seong-ji and Ji-won are excited to start college in Seoul, swearing to remain shut in the massive metropolis however from the second they arrive, they start to float aside. Her focus break up between her rigorous accounting program and her in a single day job at a grocery retailer, Seong-ji tries to make peace with the loss. It’s throughout her in a single day shifts that she encounters an enigmatic younger girl who spends her nights coming into the empty properties of different individuals to color and {photograph} these locations.
Now, the usually rational Seong-ji finds herself swept up in a dreamlike otherworld, made up of freedom and creativity. As she explores these quiet locations together with her newfound acquaintance, she uncovers not solely an intimate portrait of strangers, however even perhaps of herself.
Seoul Before Sunrise is the most recent guide from artist Samir Dahmani, and the primary to be printed in English by Humanoids. Dahmani’s earlier comics work contains Je suis encore là-bas (I’m Still There), a guide a couple of Korean expatriate who returns residence after a decade away, and a graphic novel adaptation of Romain Puértolas‘s L’Extraordinaire voyage du fakir qui était resté coincé dans une armoire Ikea (The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Stuck in an Ikea Wardrobe).
Check out an inside preview of Dahmani’s stunning watercolor paintings from the graphic novel under. Seoul Before Sunrise is due out in bookstores and comedian outlets in February 2024.
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