Description

Ruins: Winner of the 2016 Eisner award for best graphic album

Samantha and George are a married couple heading towards a sabbatical year in the quaint Mexican town of Oaxaca. For Samantha it is the opportunity to revisit her past. For George, it is an unsettling step into the unknown. For both of them it will be a collision- course with political and personal events that will alter their paths and the town of Oaxaca forever.

In tandem, the remarkable and arduous journey that a Monarch butterfly endures on its annual migration from Canada to Mexico is woven into Ruins. This creates a parallel picture of our ever-changing world and the challenges we all face to survive.

Ruins explores the shadows and light of Mexico through its past and present as encountered by an array of characters. The real and surreal intermingle to paint an unforgettable portrait of life, south of the Rio Grand.