As I was writing my column on black face in Latin American comics last week, I came upon some old copies of another historieta on the street that prominently featured black characters, called Fuego, produced by the same publishing house …
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The Co(s)mic Race: Blackface in Comics South of the Border (Part II)
Posted by Jesse Tangen-Mills on February 26th, 2011 at 5:47 AMThe Co(s)mic Race: Blackface in Comics South of the Border (Part 1)
Posted by Jesse Tangen-Mills on February 17th, 2011 at 7:15 AMWhen talking about his character Ebony White, Will Eisner – creator of The Spirit – claimed he used racial stereotypes, but didn´t exploit them. It´s a strange distinction to make – and may even border on circular reasoning -, but …
Brazilian Comic Artist Luiz Sá Remembered
Posted by Jesse Tangen-Mills on February 3rd, 2011 at 6:04 AMAn interview with Brazilian comic artist Luiz Sá was rescued from obscurity by blogs Quadrinhos and HQ Memoria .
Luiz Sá was the creator of some of Brazil’s most popular national comic figures, Reco-Reco, Bolao e Azeitona in a strip …
Colombian Homages to Harvey Pekar
Posted by Jesse Tangen-Mills on January 28th, 2011 at 9:10 AMThanks in great part to the film American Splendor, Harvey Pekar has became something of an international superstar, with admirers all around the globe, including Colombia.
In a round-up of Colombian comics in 2010, comic artist and journalist Pablo …
New Issue of Argentine Comic Mag Fierro Hits Stands
Posted by Jesse Tangen-Mills on January 24th, 2011 at 3:02 AMThis weekend the Argentine comic magazine Fierro – something like a mix between Drawn and Quarterly and Heavy Metal – was released. Issue 51 of Fierro features work by comic artists, Max Aguirre, Rodrigo Terranova, Pablo Fayó, …
Argentine Classic Adapted Into Comic
Posted by Jesse Tangen-Mills on January 18th, 2011 at 11:36 AMArgentine writer David Viñas’ novel Los dueños de la tierra has gone comic, some fifty years after its release. Illustrator Dante Ginevra, alongside Juan Carlos Kreime re-imagine the fictional account of Argentina´s colonization of the then sparsely populated Patagonia. …
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