Comix Reading List #58: Canciones Federico Garcia Lorca

 58. CANCIONES FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA illustrated by Tobias Tak (NBM)

Dutch artist Tobias Tak (some of his early works were published in the famous Dutch underground magazine TANTE LENY) illustrates the 1927 "volume of lyrical poetry" by the Spaniard Federico Garcia Lorca. 

I gave this one a chance because the art is beautiful and idiosyncratic, peopled with tree-headed and big-headed creatures and people and wonderfully bizarre backgrounds. However, the lettering made it very hard to experience the poetry of Lorca, ultimately leaving us the joy of seeing the visions of Tak inspired by Lorca.

Tobias Tak