Moon and Ba, who took four years to produce the book, were kind enough to sit down with Paste via Skype to discuss their working relationship and process for adapting such an in-depth work. The resulting original hardcover contains emotional texture with a story as engaging as its visuals.Īdapted from the novel The Brothers by fellow Brazilian Milton Hatoum, the comic weaves a focused, intergenerational story that straddles the exotic and familiar. Binary relationships also extend to the creative team-real life Brazilian twins Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba craft a narrative that balances rich storytelling with Ba’s expressive, angular art. Much of the story is told through the interplay between shadow and light, and the chiaroscuro creates a series of striking images that play aptly around the central theme. Beautifully rendered in black and white, Two Brothers tells the story Omar and Yaqub, twins whose jealousy plagues their relationship over the course of years.
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