Story & Art Mary Cagnin
Editor Doug Erbert
Translation Jenny Taylor
INTRO Black Silence is a project that I’ve worked for a long time, always maturing the idea to do something completely different from everything I ever did before. This graphic novel is my first sci-fi and it’s set in a post-apocalyptic, dystopian future. The story focuses on the characters psychological dramas and contains a little bit of everything I like: drama, suspense and even a pinch of horror. When I decided to make a space-based sci-fi I wanted to offer the feeling that I have towards the universe: the despair and terror against the unknown, the measureless. There are certain things that our comprehension, so human, is not able to decipher, and what we feel is that strange... insignificance. After all, who are we compared to the rest of the world? Maybe a small, tiny grain of sand. I can say this story was, for sure, my greatest challenge as an author and comic-book artist. There were times when I hesitated, times I thought that I wasn’t going to make it. But I didn’t give up, I went all the way, and I presented the project in the crowdfunding plataform Catarse. We hit the goal (with a little share of pain), and the result is this book that you have in your hands. Who is an author already knows that a book when published is like a child who arrives in the world: he is not yours anymore. I hope you all enjoy this little piece of me and the universe I created.
I dedicate this comic to my family, who believed in me and gave me strenght even in the most aspiring projects. To Doug, for his patience and care. For offering me a light where I could only see darkness.
CHAPTER I
The Journey
CHAPTER II
Adda
CHAPTER III
The Silence
EXTRAS
CHARACTERS “Commander Ubuntu is one these people that when they enter a room, everyone remains silent. Maybe it’s something in her eyes, of someone who already saw and lived too many things, they fall over us with the weight of a trial. Her reputation precedes her as an armor and this is the way I see her: a fortress. On my first time under her command she made me cry like a child who got lost from its parents. After that day I realized that this was what I needed more. She made me the man I needed to be on the corporation and for this I shall be forever grateful”. Report from Soldier R.Y. September 18th, 2107. Promoted to Lieutenant a year after.
“He was too young when I met him after the attacks in Milan. He was laying in his crib amongst the debris all covered in ashes. So I took him with me and looked after him since that day. His parents were great friends of mine but they did not survived. But Lucas was always a smart child and already knew that everything had changed. He followed my steps and became a brilliant scientist, maybe too brilliant for his own sake, working for the government. He’s good and curious. What would had been of science whithout it?” Report from Anthony Caldin, Applied Botany PhD. 8 days before his death due to leukemia.
“It wasn’t easy for a child to grow up on such a tough time. When Yamamoto arrived at the institute, I noticed promptly that she was a special girl. She never talked much but it was like she knew everbody’s secrets by just taking a glance. Maybe it’s because of this that she never made many friends. The pression was tremendous to that children, they were our future, after all. They were our hope and unlike her colleagues Yamamoto never complained neither hesitate even for a second. I always knew that her destiny was to do something brilliant, but back then I still didn’t knew what this really meant. No, I didn’t know...” Report from S.M. Psychologist from Kusanagi Institute. Year 2112.
“It was summer and I used to take Peter to the river to see the defrosting. I will never forget that day. My younger brother watched the floating ice crystals until we saw something weird coming down the water and we realized what that was only when it was too close: a body. Then several bodies started to appear down the river, one by one and we were horrified. In our way back home we saw men with gas masks putting people in paddy wagons. When we got home our daddy was putting the luggage on the car then he said “quick, get in”. We ran far away and even so, it didn’t matter where we went, the war was always right behind us.” Report from Yuri Logrado, first pilot to land in Mars.
“Joana is the most competitive person I ever meet. In our first day of training I already knew that she was going to compete with me to be the first in our class. I don’t care too much for this kind of thing but I didn’t made easy for her. She came from a family who fought the war so she was there trying to prove herself and to be the subject of proud for them. Deep inside I was a little jealous because she had too much while the rest of us had so little. We were not enemies but I never let her believed that we were friends either. Even though I knew she was the only one who truly cared. Report from Classmate K.L., December 21th 2019.
THANK YOU I wanted to thank my family and friends, readers and everyone who supported this projet by crowdfunding, that helped finance this comic and make this dream come true. Without you all, none of this would be possible! A GUILDA COLECIONÁVEIS ACÁCIO FILHO ADRIANA LÚCIA DA SILVEIRA PINTO ADRIANA YUMI IWATA ADRIANE DE SOUZA MASCOTTI ADRIANO AGUIAR DE SAN VICENTE ADRIANO F. ARAÚJO ADRIANO LADEIRA VANNUCCHI ADRIANO VALENÇA DA COSTA AFONSO ESTEVAM DE ANDRADE JR AGHATA FERRARI ALAN JOSÉ GUEDES ALBERTO OLIVEIRA DE ALBUQUERQUE MELO NETO ALESSANDRA DURUY MONTEIRO PEREIRA ALESSANDRO DA SILVA MACIEL ALEX DALASTRA FREITAG ALEX GENARO ALEXANDRE BEZERRA DE ARAÚJO FILHO ALEXANDRE SCHALINSKI ALEXEY DODSWORTH ALEXIS F.S. ALEXSANDRO GNOVATTO ALICE COE ALICE GAUTO ALICE GROSSEMAN MATTOSINHO ALICE GROSSEMAN MATTOSINHO ALINE AMORIM ALINE GODINHO DAL MOLIN ALINE GONÇALVES DE ARAÚJO ALINE GUSMÃO PIETRI ALINE OSAKI ÁLISSON RIAN DE FRANÇA ALON ANTENOR NETO AMANDA COELHO ANA CAROLINA BASTOS ANA CAROLINA DE ALEXANDRIA ANA CECÍLIA ANDRADE FRANCISCO ANA FLÁVIA CARDOSO ANA KARINA MACIEL DE SOUZA MONTEIRO ANA PAULA DE LIMA HONORATO ANA PAULA MOURA ANA PAULA WÜRZ ANA RAQUEL CALHÁU PEREIRA ANA REGIS ANA SARAH ALVES ANALU MEDEIROS ANAMARIA CAMPOS ANDERSON ASSUNÇÃO FERREIRA DA SILVEIRA ANDERSON AWVAS ANDERSON CARTUM ANDERSON DE SALLES ANDRÉ BOGAZ E SOUZA ANDRESSA PETRI SCHNEIDER ANDRESSA SILVA ANDREY MASIERO ANDRIEL GIOVANELLA ANDY CORSANT ANGELA CRISTINA SANT ANNA ANTONIO SILVA
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BIO
Mariana Cagnin has a degree in Visual Arts from UNESP, and works as an illustrator and comic-book artist. She is the author of Vidas Imperfeitas, published by HQM and Black Silence published independently. She won the Angelo Agostini Award as Best Artist for Black Silence in the year of 2017 and was nominated on three categories at HQMix Award. Also produces art content for her YouTube channel, such as tips, tutorials and painting guides. She gives art classes for young students in the hope of inspiring them.
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This comic book was financed by Catarse SĂŁo Paulo, november of 2016