At night, in an apartment, objects pine with desire for their sleeping mistress. A book, an iron, a teaspoon recall her caresses and wait, obsessed, for her to wake. First published in 1987 by Futuropolis, this absurdist erotic fable unspools a narrative mechanism as mischievous as it is surprising.

In "Tachycardia", intertwined lives unfold through a choral narrative of family and emotional bonds. Driven by a hunger for love and recognition, the characters stumble through dependencies and humiliations. With a tapeworm, a vengeful barbecue and misplaced fantasies, Maybelline Skvortzoff delivers a dark comedy that is as sharp as it is disturbing.

"Tachycardie" est un récit choral qui suit des personnages liés par des relations familiales et affectives. Quête d’amour, besoin de reconnaissance, dépendances et humiliations s’y entremêlent. Entre ver solitaire, barbecue vengeur et fantasmes déplacés, Maybelline Skvortzoff signe une comédie noire aussi drôle que dérangeante.

In this wordless comic book and its retro-futuristic aesthetics, Lucas Varela depicts a world where state, industry and media have joined forces to control a consumer citizenry, force-fed with junk food and inept contents. He also stages a wild story tinged with slapstick and dark humor.

Avec cette bande dessinée sans paroles à l’esthétique rétro-futuriste, Lucas Varela dépeint un monde où l’État, l’industrie et les médias ont fusionné pour contrôler les citoyens-consommateurs gavés de malbouffe et de contenus ineptes. Il met également en scène un récit trépidant teinté de burlesque et d’humour noir.

Since the dawn of time, humanity has searched tirelessly for this, the perfect vehicle. Driving world history and embodying all our aspirations, it is the answer to all metaphysical questions, the alpha and omega of the human condition, the vessel of our destiny. The bus is back!