Luminous Beings
by David Arnold; ill. Jose Pimienta; colours by C. A. P. Ward (Viking, 2024)
A quiet friendship tale, comfortable in its own quirkiness and unfolding unobtrusively in the midst of a squirrel apocalypse. The text and illustrations afford plenty of space for silence (thence contemplation, self-realisation). Ward near-weaponises the violet spectrum as an extra, spec-suggestive overlay.