Alberto Breccia

La biograf a en vi etas de dos personajes ic nicos del siglo XX, firmada por los grandes maestros del c mic argentino. Vida del Che empieza en Bolivia, en 1967, en los d as finales de Ernesto «Che Guevara, pero nos recupera los episodios m s importantes de su vida en un audaz montaje de escenas: su infancia, su viaje inici tico por Am rica Latina, su contacto con la lucha armada en Guatemala, su encuentro con Fidel Castro, su labor militar y pol tica En Cuba. Vida y obra de Eva Per n nos conduce tambi n por los momentos estelares de quien fue considerada «jefa Espiritual de la Naci n argentina: su fama como actriz radiof nica, su lucha por lograr el sufragio femenino, su labor como como Primera Dama junto a Per n, y su empe o en mejorar los servicios sociales del pa s, as como sus viajes para representar a Argentina en el extranjero. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The bulleted biography of two iconic characters of the twentieth century, signed by two great masters of Argentinian comics. The life of Che Guevara begins in Bolivia, in 1967, in the finals days of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, but it takes us back to the most important episodes of his life in an audacious montage of his childhood, his initiation journey through Latin America, his contact with Guatemala's armed struggle, his meeting with Fidel Castro, his military and political work in Cuba. The life and work of Eva Per n also takes us through stellar moments of the one considered "the Argentinian Nation's Spiritual Leader," her fame as radio actress, her fight for women's suffrage, her role as First Lady next to Per n, and her efforts to improve the country's social services, as well as her travels representing Argentina abroad.

Alberto Breccia's Dracula is composed of a series of brutally funny satirical misadventures starring the hapless eponymous antihero. Literally defanged (a humiliating trip to the dentist doesn't help), the protagonist's glory days are long behind him and other, more sinister villains (a corrupt government, overtly backed by American imperialism) are sickening and draining the life out of the villagers far more than one creature of the night ever could. This is the first painted, full-color entry in Fantagraphics' artist-focused Alberto Breccia Library, and the atmospheric palette adds mood and dimension. It also includes a sketchbook showing the artist's process. Dracula has no co-author, and so Breccia's carnivalesque vision is as pure Breccia as it gets. Created during the last of a succession of Argentine military dictatorships (1982-1983), this series of short comics stories ran in Spain's Comix Internacional periodical in 1984. The moral purpose of Breccia's expressionistic art style is made explicit; he shows that every ounce of his grotesque, bloated characters' flesh and blood has been cruelly extracted from the less fortunate.