Peter Kuper

"Samantha and George are a couple heading towards a sabbatical year in the quaint Mexican town of Oaxaca. For Samantha, it is the opportunity to revisit her past. For George, it is an unsettling step into the unknown. For both of them, it will be a collision course with political and personal events that will alter their paths and the town of Oaxaca forever. In tandem, the remarkable and arduous journey that a monarch butterfly endures on its annual...

Nine short works by the early 20th Century German novelist presented in comic-book format. The black-and-white illustrations match the bleak subject of the stories which include The Helmsman, A Fratricide and The Trees.