Lorena's Epiphany

Three Shadows

November 18, 2008 at 3:30 am Leave a comment

How does one escape fate, especially one as precious as your own child’s? Louis, Lise and their son, Joachim, lead an idyllic country life, filled with cozy winter nights, lazy summer days, and, always, the chores associated with running the orchards. One day three Shadows appear on the horizon, and everything changes. Louis and Lise know that these shadowy fates have come for Joachim. Determined to save the boy, Louis flees with Joachim, desperate to stay one step ahead of the deathly shadows.

With just a few panels and brush strokes, Cyril Pedrosa creates characters you care about who are able to successfully convey feelings of fear, protectiveness, bravery, love, or other emotions.

This haunting fable of love, possession and grief is bound to stir up emotions as you follow the adventures of a father to protect his son. Even more touching is that the story is based on true events in Pedrosa’s life. In dealing with the loss of a friend’s child, Pedrosa was inspired to write and illustrate “Three Shadows” and effectively does so.

Very few French comics make it in the US market, and this is Pedrosa’s first translated work. He’s a French comic artist who’s worked on Disney’s “Hunchback of Notre Dame” and “Hercules”. His roots in animation are undeniable.

Entry filed under: Floating. Tags: animator, artist, cyril pedrosa, Disney, French, graphic novel, journey, three shadows, translation.