When confronted with his girlfriend’s request that they have
a child together, Samuel fled that relationship. But now, a
year later, when he receives a letter from Alice announcing
she is expecting a baby, old emotions flare up and he
embarks on a long journey to see Alice again — to re-open,
or perhaps close forever, that important chapter of his
life. The Crackle of the Frost is the story of what he sees,
hears, experiences, and learns during that journey.
Last year, Fantagraphics presented the extraordinary
Stigmata, a stunning display of Mattotti’s whirling,
emotional, black and white linework put in the service of a
devastating story — as well as his painted illustrations for
Lou Reed’s The Raven. The Crackle of the Frost ups the
visual ante even on those masterpieces, combining the
narrative drive of the former with the lush color
illustrations of the latter to create a graphic-novel
masterpiece with panel after panel of sumptuous full-color
paintings, as if Edward Hopper had suddenly decided to jump
into comics.
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