The Abyss of Oblivion

Available from Fantagraphics when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

This powerful historic graphic novel highlights Spain's haunted past, small acts of resistance against fascism, and the dignity of the departed. In the years following the Spanish Civil War, tens of thousands of Spanish civilians were unjustly executed by the brutal Franco regime. One of these poor men was José Celda, who faced the firing squad in 1940 and was buried in a mass grave in Valencia. Over seven decades later, his daughter Pepica, through years of persistence, convinces the government