In A Glass Grotesquely - Softcover

...[D]eliciously over-the-top... Sala both gleefully pushes genre conventions to their breaking point and calls them out... Sala never allows for a dull moment... plenty of pulpy fun...--Lauren Davis

Sala has created a niche for himself with a series of entertaining and stylish books of post-modern pulp. He combines a genuine and deep love of popular culture, with a critical, ironic, and politically liberal twist. It's an enjoyable romp!

I have been a fan of Sala's visual style and entertaining mystery romps for a long time... His work feels both vintage and fresh, a nod to its influences while managing to stand on its own. His work is instantly recognizable as his, perhaps the greatest benchmark of an artist.--Ryan W. Bradley

Sala's distinctive visual style -- simple yet vivid line drawings complemented here with airy watercolors -- sets a fitting tone for this outlandish story, somehow evoking a genuinely creepy atmosphere despite their intrinsic cartoonishness. Pulpy fun that quaintly evokes bygone sagas of epic criminal masterminds like Fantômas and Fu Manchu, but with a slyly modern bent.

In a Glass Grotesquely is a classic Sala style delight that brings new treats on every page, a work that would almost real like a greatest hits package if it wasn't so brightly and delightfully created. As soon as I finished this book, I had to open it up again for a second read because I didn't want it to end.--Jason Sacks

This graphic novel is a selection of related short mysteries and thrills, all depicted in Sala’s trademark colorful watercolor washes and sharp, detailed line-work. Rising from the crumbling pages of some forgotten (and nonexistent) pulp magazine comes the diabolical villain Super Enigmatix. Following in the bloody footsteps of master criminals such as Fantomas, Fu Manchu, or Professor Moriarty, Super-Enigmatix is ruthless, cunning, and thoroughly evil. His only goal is to spread fear and cause chaos―but does he want to destroy civilization, or save it? Not even his loyal army of female commandos can guess his real motives, or his true identity. Will he fall at the hands of the unhinged music professor turned homicidal fiend who calls himself Phantasmiac? Or Quadrummando, the Undead Shaman?