Very rich art walk and story telling...clever plot and very good weaving Gaudi's architectural works and thinking that went into building these landmarks. In addition...very fiendish ways the murders are incorporated into the landmarks. I not going look at these landmarks the same way again. I'm impressed yes it's crime thriller, the narrative is soaked in Gaudi history and thoughts being critical to the case to such an extent as one character would put it...if you want to solve the case, you have to understand the man. I liken the main protagonists, the bald inspector is tough as nails and doesn't seem to be the artistic type hence he has trouble understanding the arts aspects of the case but gradually understands more of it to piece together the MO of the killer. Toni (in ref to Antoni Gaudi) is the everyday sort and is very open and understanding of Gaudi's arts/thinking.

The art of the buildings that Gaudi designed in this book are amazing, but it was about halfway through reading this that I began to wonder if these weird buildings really existed, as well as Gaudi.

Gaudi was an architect at the turn of the last century, and designed some weird and wonderful buildings, that are apparently tourist attractions to this day, because they look like nothing else out there.

Once I realized the buildings, and the man, were real, I understood what a great job El Torres had done in depicting the different scenes. Wonderful amazing.

The art sells me more on this, than the story, which was almost a Scoopy Doo type mystery. You know, where the kids pull the mask off the guy and find out who is really doing all the bad things in the story. The story is self is a bit of a three star, but the artwork, and attention to detail of the buildings, is what pushes it up to a four star.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

A mystery/thriller that revolves around the designs of the architect Gaudi and taking place in Barcelona. Very solid and well plotted story, but it is the vibrant artwork that takes center stage in this gorgeous volume. The use of color to convey place and time is astounding.

Beautiful artwork in this graphic novel. Looking forward to more!

A little Hitchcock, a little Art Nouveau
Every so often, a graphic novel or comic crosses my screen that I cannot resist. Anything this unusual, that also promotes the great Antoni Gaudi, fills that requirement. The scene is Barcelona, where a series of murders take place in all the great landmarks designed and built by Gaudi. Having made the pilgrimage myself, it was great to see them again, from different angles, light and of course, circumstances. They’re put to use in the name of drama, with a touch of the mystical. They all get the crime scene treatment, and even the investigating judge is in on it. Her name is Montaner, the other great architect Barcelona favored, in roughly the same era as Gaudi.

The last dozen pages are reflections by the author and the artist on how the characters developed –physically - and the considerations taken in putting the narrative together. It’s all good murder mystery fun if you don’t think about it too much. (If you do you will figure it out in the first ten pages) Because it is after all, a simple comic book.