Mongoose

Joana Mosi

Book cover for Mongoose
Book cover for Mongoose

Mongoose

Mongoose

Joana Mosi

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Description
In a lonely house by the sea, a woman is haunted by ghosts unseen and memories unspoken.


In the aftermath of a devastating loss, Júlia finds herself living with her unemployed brother Joel in their grandmother's beach house, uncertain of what comes next. Júlia tries to convince her family and friends that she's doing just fine, but when her nascent garden plot is destroyed one night, Júlia becomes obsessed with finding the culprit... A mongoose whose existence no one else seems to believe in.


A powerful tale of grief from one of Europe's most exciting young talents, The Mongoose is a stunning, formally-inventive graphic novel in the vein of Nick Drnaso's Sabrina and Richard McGuire's Here.


Publishers Weekly 2025 Adult Comics & Graphic Novels Preview Selection


Winner of the Jorge Magalhães Award for Outstanding Story

About the Author

Joana Mosi is an award-winning visual artist and cartoonist based in Lisbon, Portugal. Born and raised close to the sea, Joana has a really hard time sitting still in one place for a long time (which is a problem when your job requires you to spend lots of time at a drawing table) so she ends up traveling a lot, participating in art residencies and comics festivals across the globe. While she's planning her next artistic endeavor, she stays fresh by teaching (and learning from) new generations of creators.

Critical Reviews

"Mosi thoughtfully and compassionately follows Julia's halting journey through the stages of grief and mourning, coming to terms with difficult emotions, and learning how to unpack the symbolism that only comes with overwhelming preoccupation, brain fog, and loss. A poignant portrait of mourning, grief, and recovery."


-- Vi Kwartler, Booklist (Starred Review)


"An affecting character study of a teacher whose grief collides with the wildlife invading an unnamed coastal suburb in Portugal... a generous and perceptive portrait of displaced grief."


--Publishers Weekly


"In the conversation for best of the year... darkly funny... and increasingly tender and sad. Mosi avoids easy answers, or grand epiphanies, and roots the story in the real."

--Comic Book Herald


"A touching and intelligent book, tackling with finesse a delicate subject that is admirably conveyed in her drawings."

--Jean-Charles Andrieu de Levis, ActuaLitté


"Disarmingly simple yet formidably effective."

--Mathieu Roy, BDQG


"With its pictogram-like graphic approach, reminiscent of Chris Ware's strips, this deeply moving book is... read through silences, unspoken words, ellipses, and unadorned lines."

--Jean-Dominic Leduc, Les Libraires

Publishing Information

Publisher: POW POW Press
Pub date: 2025-10-14
Length: 192 pages

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