Though it could use a little pruning, this is a fond look at family and friendship that benefits from keeping both of its feet firmly planted on the ground. Virus tropical es una novela gráfica que narrar los primeros 18 años de la ilustradora, entre Perú y Colombia su vida transcurre en una familia llena de mujeres, como ella dice, con un padre muy particular pero ausente y una madre que vive preocupada por las demandas de sus hermanas mayores. This gives the book a wonderfully worn-in appearance, reminiscent of Jennifer Hayden’s recent and similarly successful autobiographical comic, The Story of My Tits. The sisters are snotty, the mothers are overbearing, the fathers are foolish, but isn’t that messiness the very meaning of family? Visually, Paola delights in contrast: areas of heavy texture (hair, floorboards, fabric) are set against empty, open shapes. Within a narratological approach it elaborates. This is all well-trod ground, as far as autobiographical comics go, but the details ring true, and this heartfelt honesty enlivens every page. Abstract: the paper presents an approach to the development of visual literacy in S/FL through the graphic novel Virus tropical from Powerpaola. Passive-aggression runs rampant, a simmering stew of squabbles and endearments. The members steal one another’s chocolate, move to Colombia from Ecuador, pierce their ears, and sob along to telenovelas. Powerpaola’s family is a frayed patchwork of tension and love in this debut from the Colombian-Ecuadorian cartoonist.
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