★ The author is a top Spanish graphic author. He has written the bestseller “Freddie Mercury: A Biography”, which has been sold to 13 countries.
★ Focuses on “grief and reconciliation after the loss of a loved one”, using images to convey deep emotions that are hard to express in words. It accurately hits the pain point of modern people facing loss, easily resonating with readers emotionally.
★ Based on the author’s personal experiences, it is both a retrospective of personal memories and a universal reflection on life and loss, combining intimacy and universality.

When absence is better understood through images than words: a story about grief.

Alfonso Casas invites us to delve into his most personal work: a deeply intimate journey in which he confronts the grieving process after the loss of his mother. This book is not only an exercise of memory, but also a way of accompanying himself -and those who read it- in one of the most universal transits: learning to live with absence.

These pages are both a mourning for her absence and a celebration of her existence. This story is dedicated to them, and to all those who are going through something similar.

"There are only two things that are certain in life. The first is that we all have a mother. The second, that we are all going to die... Now the only two certainties in my life had collided, and I had to try to survive the impact".

Alfonso Casas

Spain — One of the most important graphic authors in Spain. His illustrated biography of Freddie Mercury became a bestseller, with rights sold to 13 countries. Over 100,000 copies sold!

Alfonso Casas’ earliest memories are always of holding a brush in his hand and being surrounded by comics. He loves books, and his works mainly focus on the publishing field, though he has also worked as an illustrator in advertising. He is the screenwriter and illustrator of several comics, including “Amores minúsculos” (Tiny Loves), which was adapted into a play, and “El final de todos los agostos” (The End of All Augusts) . He has also written many books, such as “Se(nti)mental” (Sentimental) and “Freddie Mercury: Una biografía” (Freddie Mercury: A Biography) , among others.