Gipi's Post-Apocalyptic Graphic Novel 'La terra dei figli'

Gian-Alfonso Pacinotti, known as Gipi (Pisa, 1963), releases his latest graphic novel 'La terra dei figli' with Coconino Press in 2016. The book is set in an undefined post-apocalyptic world where civilization has collapsed, survivors struggle for survival, and a father raises two sons harshly, hiding the past. The story follows the brothers who, after their father's disappearance, seek answers in his diary. Gipi abandons watercolor and color, using a single black-and-white technique to focus on narrative. He describes it as his most difficult drawing work but also the most satisfying. The novel is an allegory of contemporary society, reflecting anxieties about anti-scientific drift and sentimentalism. Gipi, aged 53, deliberately moves away from autobiographical writing, aiming for a more rigid form without a narrator.