This graphic quasi-memoir from Sweden is drawn in a mixed, hybrid style that combines (or at least brings to mind) 80s fashion illustration with a variety of contemporary comics styles, with an eye towards early 20th century European painting.  Now, thanks to this Fantagraphics edition, translated by Melissa Bowers, it's available for readers in the Anglophone world.  It tells the tale of a promising dating site match that goes wrong. No one here's read it yet, so we'll direct you to the Publisher's Weekly starred review, HERE.

On Tour is made up of a series of short comics vignettes sharing Moa's adventures touring Europe with the band Shitkid as they opened for The Melvins.  Romanova's floating clean line and exagerated figures are anchored by a steady duotone color scheme throughout.  Ranging from one to eleven pages, all are filled with antic behavior and bittersweet humor as Moa & Co. kick out the jams.  

Hot off the press!  To learn more, check out the Turnaround Blog's post on it, HERE.

And, here's the Fanta hype up:

How do you prevent history from repeating itself, and is it possible to protect the one you love from themselves? When cartoonist Moa Romanova joins her rock star bestie on a U.S. tour, life quickly turns chaotic, as adolescent trauma begins to haunt her. Buff Soul is a graphic novel about friendship and grief, and about finding oneself in relation to others.

Buff Soul tackles addiction, friendship, and loss in a rollicking road trip adventure involving selling speed, breaking bones, massive hangovers, drug withdrawal, having your entire fist inside your best friend, and shooting guns in the desert. What begins as an insanely comical, hedonistic road trip in the spirit of Pineapple Express, takes a dark turn when her best friend disappears. This event triggers memories of an adolescent trauma she had yet to reckon with, along with fears that history is repeating itself, leading Romanova to confront the reality of how far she’s let her self-destruction go.