ABYSS OF OBLIVION HC (MR) (18 Nov Release)

In the years following the Spanish Civil War¸ tens of thousands of Spanish civilians were unjustly executed by the brutal Franco regime. One of these poor men was José Celda¸ who faced the firing squad in 1940 and was buried in a mass grave in Valencia. Over seven decades later¸ his daughter Pepica¸ through years of persistence¸ convinces the government to exhume his grave and restore his dignity. Amidst Pepica Celda's personal battle against oblivion¸ she discovers the crucial role of Leoncio Badía. The local gravedigger during those tumultuous years¸ Leoncio risked his life to help the widows of those killed in the war and after to identify their late husbands' bodies¸ record the location of their graves¸ and hide messages among their remains for future identification. Small acts of kindness and humanity that gave hope in a bleak era. A powerful collaboration between the award winning cartoonist Paco Roca and notable journalist Rodrigo Terrasa¸ The Abyss of Oblivion is a vital work of historical memory.