Funky Town

By Mathilde Van Gheluwe. Published by Peow Studio. 

Softcover, 130 pages, B&W, 2019.

A dark yarn of poetry, party, and witchcraft
(Debuted at the 2019 Angoulême International Comics Festival)

☆ ☆ ☆ One of the Beat's Best Comics of 2019* ☆ ☆ ☆

Welcome to Funky Town! My name is Lele. I’m going to be twelve soon, so I’m not really a kid anymore. I live here in Funky Town. Every night people are drinking and dancing and celebrating together. I don’t like parties very much, and I don’t have any friends, except for Cat. My favorite things in life are poetry, food . . . and mom, of course! Oh, and each day I go to Baba Yaga’s house in the woods to get mom her potion. Mom always tells me to be careful around Baba, but I don’t know why. When I grow up, I will be like Mom.

". . . dark, moody, depressing . . . one of the best [books] of the year, and it will break your heart."

Philippe Leblanc, The Beat

" . . . made me want to go to the woods and become a witch too."

frankie, Goodreads review