SOURCE: A review of Streak of Chalk, in Publishers Weekly, Vol. 241, No. 32, August 8, 1994, p. 420.

[In the following review, the critic comments favorably on Miguelanxo Prado's Streak of Chalk, praising Prado's skill in evoking mood with his choice of setting and use of color.]

Nick Bantock's Griffin and Sabine meets John Fowles's The Magus in [Streak of Chalk, Miguelanxo Prado's] graphic novel about curious characters on a spit of uncharted island in the middle of nowhere. The island, with its deserted lighthouse, general store/bar/inn, and two sullen inhabitants easily seems mysterious. Add to that a few guarded, secretive visitors and this isolated atmosphere needs little imagination—on the part of reader or characters—to make ordinary circumstances seem sinister, perhaps murderous. Although the story is sparse, there's intrigue, sex and, more importantly, Spanish artist Prado's sumptuous illustrations and exquisite use of colors, to keep the reader's attention...