Miguel Vila

Miguel Vila magnifies the petty and morbid narrowness of the human soul with a precision to rival storytellers such as Mike Leigh, Andrey Zvyagintsev, or Michael Haneke. "This book makes no claims to scientific validity and is in no way intended for informational purposes." So declares Miguel Vila in the outset of his new graphic novel, Comfortless, a taxonomy of...

Marco and Stella's lukewarm, aspiring yuppie romance was already on the ropes when they meet Lulu, an older, working-class ice cream server with a kid and a shady past. But when Marco develops an interest in her that soon veers into obsession, it awakens in him a problematic and dormant sexuality. With a voyeuristic gaze, Miguel Vila lays his characters...