The Mousehole
by Martín Romero
Self-Published

Weird and beautiful, Martín Romero’s comics are lovely to view even when they’re untranslated and written in his native Spanish.  Romero’s work is extremely esoteric, to the point of being nonsensical, but he’s a great talent, no doubt about it.  If part of an artist’s job is to offer a fresh and challenging perspective of the world, Romero’s working full-time.

I bought The Mousehole in its English translation at the 2007 MoCCA Festival, but it’s mostly wordless, so the few bits of dialog it reveals aren’t much help in discerning the overall plot.  In the end, this mini offers the kind of comedy that is so ridiculous and absurd, you have to laugh through the confusion and appreciate what’s left over: an innocent young nerd with a very bad bully problem and naught but fantasy and technology for protection.

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