![]() ![]() While D’Salete literally stays inside the lines of his rectangular panels and gutters, the energy of his images-the angled perspectives, the chiseled details, the abrupt close-ups, the streaked strokes of his shading-are a match for his equally powerful subject matter. ![]() Thankfully, Marcelo D’Salete, author-artist of the historical graphic novel Angola Janga, avoids that pitfall.Īngola Janga (the title means “Little Angola,” the region of Africa from which many of its inhabitants were abducted) has the blunt visual power of black and white woodcuts. Too often I find the visual approach faults toward the safely predictable-as though a rendering of historical events precludes the idiosyncrasies of an artist’s personal style. I am not typically a fan of graphic novels that tackle historic subjects. ![]()
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