A beautiful and powerful silent novel that shows that images can perfectly tell a story and leave it in your mind forever.

I loved the illustrations in “Sea of Love.” It’s not often that you see a wordless picture book for people over the age of 8, and this was done perfectly. I honestly will probably buy it. The mismatched, devoted couple are adorable and I was so glad that I got to see this story.

This was a wonderful experience. Beautifully detailed and masterfully crafted. It takes advantage of its visual assets to create a compelling story.

The most ridiculously cute graphic novel I’ve read in a long time (although ‘read’ might be the wrong word as it’s entirely wordless). I love an old person romance - like the start of Up, except no one dies. Actually there’s quite an Up vibe through this whole thing. I don’t want to say more in case it spoils the story, but it’s sweet and cute and made me laugh out loud more than once. If you’re having a bad day, this will sort you right out.

A Sea of Love is a wordless comic about the love between an old man and his wife. One day, when the old man is lost at sea while fishing, his wife doesn't wait at home, but goes searching for him. Both the husband and wife are determined to find each other, proving their love is big like the sea between them.
The story is romantic, funny and adventurous at the same time. The art is really beautiful. I loved it!

A touching graphic novel with a lot to say, without actually needing to use any words to say it! A beautiful story about a fisherman who gets lost at sea, and his wife who is awaiting his arrival at home. I loved every single frame. The illustrations were delightful, the color choice helped to give it that dreary look that it needed.

A huge thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I truly appreciate it!

This is perhaps the best graphic novel I have read this year. The classic story of the lost fisherman and the faithful wife waiting at home is retold with a twist. I devoured it in one sitting.

This book has a distinctly European feel. It's a great example of the power of images to tell a story. Essentially wordless, the illustrations do an excellent job of conveying action and emotion. THere are a few places where the reader has to make some guesses, a few muddy spots. Mostly, though, it's delightful.

A Sea of Love follows the journey of a sailor who is lost in a world of water while his wife at home refuses to give up searching for him. Told only through actions, the story relies on our interpretation of emotions to drive the narrative. The plot moves fairly quickly and includes a myriad of wild romps along the way. The comic does balance between predictable and quirky but I don’t see it having much of a re-read value aside from the art itself.

Each panel is a masterpiece with watercolors and a dark palette to illustrate isolation. The landscapes were beautiful and reminded me of a Hokusai print. The consideration of figure and background definitely brings a different take to comic art. Colors bleed into one another instead of being confined in an outline and it amazes me how well it’s executed. Just as well, there are many comedic moments supplemented by visual humor. I found it cute but not much else. On a side note, towards the beginning, there is iconography that doesn’t have a similar technique and can be jarring as it seems like they were added in post production. It looks like imagery on a weather app and doesn’t suit the atmosphere. Why are there emojis in this world of radios?

Overall, I would recommend this to those who are aspiring to illustrate their own comics as an example to push the limits of what can be considered as comics. Are scenes more impactful when there isn’t dialogue or perhaps a full spread can deliver a powerful message. What about organic panels and even visual humor to add interest to the story. There is so much to take away that I feel almost regretful to say the story was mediocre. It could have gone crazier and I wish that with all the risks the artists took, they could have applied it to the actual plot as well. In the end, the characters are one-dimensional because things tend to happen to them as oppose to being a reward of their own merits.

'A Sea of Love' by Wilfrid Lupano with illustrations by Gregory Panaccione is a journey of two characters told completely without words.

A little old fisherman with huge glasses sets out on the sea every day. Every day his wife packs him sardines for lunch, and every day, he tosses them in the boat's hold. One day, his boat gets caught up in the net of a bigger boat, and he doesn't come home. The book then splits between his journey, which goes from bad to worse, the waiting that his wife is doing back in the village. Eventually, she decides to go find him, and both of their journeys go back and forth in this charming and funny story.

I liked this story that doesn't have any words. The story works very well and communicates everything the writer wants. The art was fun too.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Lion Forge, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

This was a super cute story told through pictures instead of words. We start the story with an old man and his dutiful wife preparing for the day. He eats his breakfast and she sends him off to work, just like any other day. At the end of the day she is waiting for her husband and he's late. Then later and later still. She is standing at the dock, surrounded by friends and acquaintances, looking for her fisherman husband and he doesn't turn up. Little does she know that her husband's small boat was caught up in a giant commercial fishing boat's net. Both the husband and wife are determined to find each other, thus begins their grand adventures.

Since this is told without words, you see the emotions in the characters' face and body language. When the old man thinks he's close to safety, you can see when he feels defeated at a failed attempt. You see see the worry in the wife's expressions and actions. The artwork is really beautiful and conveys the wide array of feelings that the main characters are experiencing.
Despite the sad story of their separation, they both have moments of their journey that made me genuinely laugh out loud. At first I thought this story was set in the early part of the 20th century since the wife wears a maid's outfit and the style of the old man setting out to work on a boat. As the story progresses, it's clear this is much more modern. I took their appearances as a nod to the "old-timey" notion of determination and love. In modern terms. This wife is a true "Ride or Die" Lady.

Will they find their way back to each other? You'll just have to read it!
The opinions here are my own. Thank you to NetGalley & Lion Forge Comics for a digital copy to read & review.

I absolutely adored this book. I had never read a graphic novel without words before, so is it even a GN? I'm not sure! But I am sure that I loved looking at the pictures and creating my own story surrounding those pictures.

I'm always looking for books that are engaging or educating or hopefully both for YA students. Call this one "engaging," and the silence is challenging and fun.

This book was absolutely adorable. When her husband gets lost at sea, his wife goes out to find him despite everyone believing him to be dead. Both have separate adventures in hopes of one day reuniting.

The art was well done and the story was beautiful. There was a lot of subtle nods to environmental issues that were noticed and appreciated but keep in mind this is strictly just told through pictures - no words which to me actually made it even better. Loved it.

A graphic novel about a fisherman who is lost at sea. We follow his wife as she tries to bring him home. The pictures are beautiful and tell the story clearly. I'm not a huge graphic novel fan, especially ones without any text at all, but I thought this was a sweet story and I liked the artwork very much.

for a 'comic book format' it was too slow to get into. Once I got about a third through I quite enjoyed, but that's too long for the comic book readers in my library.
Also, difficult to guess what audience would tend to pick it up.

I love this book a lot.
The story is so touching and meaningful. It's told simply but yet deep.
I think a lot of people will really enjoy "A Sea of Love".
It's a book about love and hope.
I highly recommend you to pick this one up!

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC. Isn't it nice when a book lives up to its hype? A Sea of Love is one of those fabulous books. This charming and beautifully illustrated story is a keeper. It is the story of a fisherman who is lost at sea and his wife and her adventures when she tries to bring him home. This book is a great illustration that a picture is worth a thousand words. There is no written text but none is needed as the drawings tell the tale so eloquently. I strongly recommend this one.

3.5 Stars

This was an entirely graphic novel with all pictures and no words. A fisherman goes out in the morning and ends up lost at sea while his wife waits for him. Everyone is convinced he’s dead, but she insists on going out to find him. He encounters a huge industrial fishing trawler, ends up captured by pirates, then rescued by other pirates. One of the main secondary characters is a seagull he saves from a 6-pack ring. Definitely some environmental statements going on including an oil spill and crap tons of garbage in the water. While all of this is going on for the poor husband, the wife has fairly fun adventures on a cruise ship and becoming a fashion icon.

Overall, I did enjoy this story and thought the husband and wife’s relationship to be very touching. I also loved the seagull!

This was so so sweet! Review to come.

I love love love comics with no words on it. Simply because it tells a story similar to a small movie, and must rely only on show and not tell.

Make way for the cutest comic of the year thus far, everyone. This is also so lushly and gorgeously illustrated that I couldn't pass it up! The Sea of Love: And you think babies are cute. Just look at this old man!

It begins when an old man gets a lovely breakfast, presumably from his wife and then turns on his radio to hear about the weather. I just LOVE how the medium of silence is used. There is so much more emotion to look for in the characters' eyes and so much to deduce from the environment.

The antics between husband and wife are so sweet and serene at the beginning. She packs him his lunch and sends him off to his fishing trip. This is a story of their simple life - their simple love and the sea. I can't refrain form praising this artwork over and over! It's just lovely.

And so, the Old Man sets off on his boat with his friend, who I'll name Young Man since this is a silent comic, you know. Whenever the Old Man doubts himself, he looks at his tin that says "Sea of Love". They continue to catch nothing at all.

This book begins to highlight the troubles of large fish-catching ships and how they take everything away from not just the ecosystem, but from the little guys like Old Man and Young Man. They also have to scramble for safety from the large, looming ship.

The Old Man lets the Young Man escape on a small lifeboat. His wife awaits to give him dinner, but he does not return. And so begins the Old Man's adventure. And he faces so many fears - including his fear of swimming. The transitions are so beautifully illustrated. He begins to despair, but finally eats the tin of sardines that gives him hope. We also see the worst that we do to our planet.

I won't spoil much more of the story (other than it all leads to Cuba and turns into an almost country-wide struggle), but it's absolutely wonderful. It shows the tenacity of an old couple to never give up hope for each other and always keep that love in their hearts. This is the kind of love I want to see in books - old love that still stays true.

This has got to be one of my favourite comics of this year - it's wonderfully illustrated and beautifully written, albeit without words. I loved the Old Man and his Wife so much - their charm and sweetness seeped from every page.

I cannot stress how the love of these two for each other knows no bounds. The adventures that both husband and wife go through are awesome; their characters develop and they learn (and teach) so much. This is also a story about how helping one person, however close, can cascade into helping so many others. And also how special routine can be in a good relationship.