The intoxicating weirdness and saturated colour characteristic of Alvarez's artwork, filled with luminous spheres and horrifying transformations, and the demands she places on her readers as she guides them into liminal spaces of imagination, boredom and dream, are revisited in Hicotea.

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The characters are full of life and emotion, environments have strong tones, and the storytelling is complex and satisfying.

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Hicotea is another treasure from Alvarez. The subtext is again the power of imagination to overcome obstacles, with just the right touch of mysticism to engage, and the drawing is again a delight.

- Ian Keogh, The Slings & Arrows Graphic Novel Guide