AN OBSESSION

The trip was planned, the tickets booked. Then we parted ways. Should I go to Venice alone? I no longer knew what I wanted. While waiting to decide, I started reading about Venice and traced the thread of my obsession. A leading figure in independent and feminist comics, Nine Antico explores her obsession with boys and love. Exploring the layers of her past, she probes her need to seduce. In this powerful autobiographical work, Nine Antico creates a narrative that relies as much on her sharp words as on her splendid artwork, which explores the representation of bodies and sex through what is hidden as much as what is shown.