Frank Santoro\'s latest graphic novel--his first in six years--takes place just before the eruption of Pompeii in 79 AD.
Nicole Rudick wrote of this work in The Comics Journal "Santoro\'s drawings are wonderful; his reduction of figures.
Aside from mixing paint, Marcus is entangled in the older artist\'s romantic deceptions, while stuck figuring out his own.
The story follows Marcus, a young expat artist from Paestum who works as an assistant to Flavius, a seemingly well-regarded painter.
Frank Santoro\'s latest graphic novel--his first in six years--takes place just before the eruption of Pompeii in 79 AD