"Tango de la Mort" is hard to explain: Neither a comic nor a graphic novel, Ulf K. tells poetic stories about life and death in short black-and-white images. This theme occupies a large space in his approximately 140-page book; however, there are also plenty of other dark, melancholic, but also "cute" short stories on different topics, such as mysterious people, dolls, fallen kings, and even a conversation between a couple about having children or a company that hangs fallen stars back in the sky. The individual poetic comics are between 1-10 pages long. Occasionally, he changes his style and continually experiments with his drawing techniques. Most of the works were created between 1994-1999 and thus count as a collection of his early works. A few years ago, there was already a 100-page edition of Tango de la Mort. However, this sold out very quickly, and thus an expanded edition was published anew this year. If I were to compare the stories to a musician, Tom Waits would come to mind.
Those looking for melancholic stories that provoke thought and want to see that comics can indeed be sophisticated will find themselves in the right place here.
