Totem
Totem by Laura Pérez resists simple plot summary as it creates its own multiverse of stories, sliding in and out of times, places, and lives as two girlfriends traverse the desert on a final journey before losing each other forever. With the rough-hewn drawings and earthy color palette, you feel like you’re watching the story be sculpted before you out of clay and branches. This atmospheric narrative demands multiple reads until you fall into the world in the pages, fully consumed. Recommended by Wulfe

Blurring the lines between the real and the spiritual, Spanish cartoonist Laura Pérez leads the reader through a dreamy journey from the Arizona desert to the land of the dead.