Centralia
by Miel Vandepitte
2024 MoCCA Arts Fest Award of Excellence Recipient
Wandering in a World on Fire.
The ground in and around Centralia has warmed so much, it’s impossible to stand on without melting. Those who survive long enough will be confronted with carnivorous birds, collapsing buildings, and the trigger-happy Simia Nasalis, armed with bazookas and stilts.
Against their better judgement, a group of adventurers set out to discover the treasure of gold hidden away at the heart of the abandoned town.
Book Details
- Author/Artist: Miel Vandepitte
- Editor/Text Adaptation: Sean Michael Robinson
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 144
- Trim Size: 8 x 11 inches
- Language: English
- Publisher: Living The Line
- Publication Date: May 30, 2023
- ISBN-13: 978-1736860533
- Reading Age: 12 years and up
Praise for Centralia
“A beautifully-drawn, dreamlike adventure story that is sure to please lovers of Euro comics masters like Hergé and Moebius.”
— Jimmy Gownley
“Vandepitte tells a thrilling, surreal, and often unsettling story that escalates as fast as heat rises.”
— Cat Webling, Fruits and Finery
“…a delectable masterpiece of dream-like fiction. The art is to die for. Don’t pass this one up. This book is made for me… and you too.”
— J.H. Williams III, Echolands, The Sandman Overture, Batwoman, Promethea
“An amazing adventure through a beautiful, bizarre, meticulously drawn world.”
— Jonathan Hill, Odessa, Tales of a Seventh-Grade Lizard Boy, Science Comics: Wild Weather
About the Author
Miel Vandepitte (b. 1998) lives in Ghent, Belgium and graduated from LUCA School of Arts with a degree in Graphic Storytelling. As part of this program, he spent several months at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, where under the mentorship of Jonathan Hill (Odessa), his passion for comics deepened. Centralia began as part of his thesis project and was completed nearly two years later in “The Bright Yellow Cube,” a Brussels-based studio for emerging comic artists. His main interests are comics, professional wrestling, and spending time with his amazing girlfriend Lise.
