THE REDDIEST ROSE BLOSSOMS

Urban legend has it that Leonardo DiCaprio had thirty-two years of sex conquests - all of them sublime top models - but without falling in love with a alone. Should we seek the reasons for this in the mysteries of society? consumption and its propensity for narcissism? In the laws of biology? Or, quite simply, in the fact that this dear Leo has not yet come across the good? And we, in all this, are we, like him, complexed? commitment? Liv Strömquist, who needs no introduction, has chosen to call his new comic strip The Reddest Rose is blooming, in reference and tribute to a verse by the American feminist poet Hilda Doolittle (HD) who, in his life as in his writings, advocated liberated love. A new opportunity for her to dissect romantic behavior in the era of late capitalism and to question them: how to control the impulses of the heart? What to do in case of heartbreak? Why love stories Do they generally end badly? And why do some people Do they flutter without ever settling down? With its relevance and humor usual, the author mixes the expected references with others which are less - between Beyoncé, the Smurfs, reality TV actors, Jesus or even sociologists… - to probe the backstage of passion. Do you know that Socrates was a real Don Juan before his time, or what has become of him Theseus, once Ariadne's love thread was broken? Or, again, do you know Lady Caroline Lamb, here erected as a model, whose coquetries with Lord Byron made headlines at the time? So many examples that allow Liv Strömquist to reveal a true anatomy of Eros in a few beats…