ISBN Ladies-In-Waiting book Comics & graphic novels English Hardcover

A graphic novel fantasy about a real art history mystery: Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez

In 1656, Diego Velazquez, leading figure in the Spanish Golden Age of Painting, created one of the most enigmatic works in the history of art: Les Meninas (The Ladies-in-Waiting). This graphic novel, by two of Spain's most sophisticated comic creators, examines its legacy as one of the first paintings to explore the relationship between the viewer, reality and unreality. (It guest stars Cano, Dali, Zurbaran and many others).

Olivares's art moves from clear line to expressionistic; from one colour palette to another, as The Ladies-in-Waiting uses fiction to explore the ties among artists and patrons, the past and the present, institutions and audiences, creators and creativity. Their combined efforts have garnered not only international comics prizes, but the equivalent of the National Book Award in Spain, where the book has been a commercial and critical sensation.