Comics

Rose is thirteen. She has two older brothers a domineering father and a mother suffering from tuberculosis who has been staying in a sanatorium in the Alps for many months. As she waits for her mother to return, a plague epidemic breaks out. Rose and her family are trapped, quarantined in the claustrophobic atmosphere of her indifferent home.

In the second volume of Milada Mašinová’s comic book series the situation in the family grows more tense. The pervasive fear of the contagious disease forces the father to establish strict rules and safety measures but it’s not clear if these actions are necessary or whether they are the first signs of a nerve disease. Rose and her brother Josef therefore find themselves in even more danger. However, Rose’s greatest challenge is still to come…

Praise

“The Plague is a disturbingly romantic comic book about the end of the world.”

“The Plague has a peculiar romantic atmosphere, the characters find themselves in a peculiar fairy-tale-like timelessness. This is what makes Josefína and Milada’s work so effective.”

— Jonáš Zbořil & Karolína Demelová, Radio Wave