Marzena Sowa is a Polish cartoonist whose work delves into personal memory and cultural history. Through her "Marzi" series, she offers autobiographical insights into childhood in 1980s Poland, capturing the atmosphere of life under communism, shortages, and childish escapades. Sowa masterfully intertwines intimate storytelling with broader societal context, making her work resonate across generations and cultures. Her distinctive style transforms memories into compelling and visually rich comic narratives.
On a normal morning, a boy named Thomas discovers his mother has been replaced by a fern ... a monstrous fern! What happened to his mom? Did the fern eat her? Where did this fern come from anyway? Outer space? Will eat his father too? Will it eat Thomas?--
In graphic novel format, chronicles the author's life growing up in Poland during the last ten years of communism, witnessing the crumbling of the ideology, and eventually seeing her country rise to freedom.