Spanish: Literature, History, Culture & Film

The fall of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, told from the Aztec perspective. Behind the walls of the city, the Aztecs prepare for the coming of the Spanish and Tlaxcaltecan armies. Powerful visual narrative backed by rigorous iconographic research. Written from perspective of young girl scribe, recreates Mexican empire in all its splendor, and the horror of war that led to its destruction. Author is comic artist, painter and amateur archaeologist.

Historias del mar is a compilation of short stories populated by mermaids, water specters, and many other marine wonders. Alejandra Gámez's characters live in a fantasy world as sweet as it is sinister, in which their sense of humor, their passion for animals and the influences of the great exponents of literature and comics are combined.

Iguana Lady es una novela gráfica de la escritora mexicana-estadounidense Isabel Quintero y del ilustrador y caricaturista mexicano Zeke Peña, publicada en 2018. La obra se constituye como una "biografía en viñetas" de Graciela Iturbide, una de las fotógrafas más importantes del país azteca.

Graphic novel biography of Graciela Iturbide, one of the most important of Mexican photographers. By Mexican American writer Isabel Quintero (California) and illustrator-artist Zeke Peña (New Mexico / Texas).

Graphic novel of the Mexican Revolution, focused on Pancho Villa's victory in the Battle of Zacatecas in 1914. By Paco Ignacio Taibo, Spanish-born Mexican author of award-winning detective novels set in Mexico City, as well as several history books.

Inspired by reading Roberto Bolaños' 2666, French graphic novel authors Baudoin and Troub's travel to Ciudad Juarez, offering strangers to tell their stories in exchange for them telling them their dreams.

Tania está segura de que el chico ideal no existe y de que el tipo de romance con el que tanto sueña solo puede hallarse en los dramas coreanos que ama, y eso la hace sentirse muy decepcionada de la vida. Además, su rutina se tambalea cuando la tienda de invitaciones para la que trabaja decide cerrar sin previo aviso. Cuando parece que todo empeorará, la vida de Tania da un giro al recibir sorpresivamente una propuesta para viajar a Corea del Sur, donde no solo visita los escenarios de sus K-dramas favoritos, sino que también conoce a Hayato, un guapo y talentoso joven del que se enamora completamente. Entre salidas al karaoke, paseos por el río Han y citas para comer tteokbokki, Tania siente que al fin está viviendo su propio cuento de hadas. Sin embargo, la ilusión de vivir en una fantasía se desvanece poco a poco, cuando los malentendidos, las diferencias culturales y la nostalgia por su hogar se acrecientan. Tania deberá encontrar el mejor camino para cumplir los deseos de su corazón y, con ello, descubrir que la vida está llena de sorpresas para quienes se atreven a soñar.

Tania is convinced that the perfect guy doesn't exist and that the kind of romance she dreams of can only be found in the Korean dramas she loves--leaving her feeling disappointed with life. On top of that, her routine is shaken when the invitation shop where she works suddenly closes without warning. Just when things seem to be getting worse, Tania's life takes an unexpected turn when she receives a surprise opportunity to travel to South Korea, where she not only visits the filming locations of her favorite K-dramas, but also meets Hayato, a handsome and talented young man she completely falls for. Between karaoke nights, walks along the Han River, and tteokbokki dates, Tania feels like she's finally living her own fairy tale. However, the illusion of a perfect fantasy slowly begins to fade as misunderstandings, cultural differences, and homesickness start to grow. Tania must find the best path to follow her heart's desires and, in doing so, discover that life is full of surprises for those who dare to dream.

In this endearing novel, there are two voices. One of that of Bef, which tells of a personal path many people who work with special needs children will relate to. The other is of María, who speaks with the power and beauty of an unknown instrument. You just must learn to listen.

En esta entrañable novela hay dos voces.Una esla de Bef, que narra un camino personal que reconocerán todas las personas cercanas a un niño con capacidades diferentes. La otra es la de María, que habla con la potencia y la belleza de un instrumento musical desconocido. Sólo hay que aprender a escucharla.

Autobiographical graphic novel by Colombian-Ecuadorean artist and author Power Paola. Originally published in 2009, it tells the story of the author's childhood and adolescence in Quito (Ecuador) and Cali (Colombia) in the 1980s and 90s. Turned into an animated film in 2017.

In this nonlinear graphic memoir, the critically acclaimed PowerPaola uses the bicycles she has owned, each with a nickname, as vehicles to explore the world, her relationships, her memories -- and herself. They carry her through her great loves and losses, joys and disappointments. PowerPaola's fragmented memories arrive abruptly, leaving just as fast, creating a pathway only she can find to move forrwards.

Graphic novel biography of Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges. By Colombian graphic novelist Óscar Pantoja.

Rupay, in Quechua, means ardor, fire. On May 17th, 1980, the Shining Path, a Maoist group in Peru, burned the electoral records in a small town in the Ayacucho region to ignite the revolution that would set all of Peru aflame. This graphic novel retells the events relating to the start of the conflict, between 1980 and 1984, and the political violence that continued through 1990. Cossio Guevara charts the first subversive acts by the Shining Path, the government response, the escalation of violence, the response from the media and Peruvian intellectuals, and the brutality and impunity with which the repression was carried out, as well as such brutal episodes as the burning of polling in Chuschi, the Lucanamarca massacre, the mass graves in Putis, and the massacres of Aranhuay and Paccha.

Masterfully drawn, this graphic novel is the chronicle of the tragedy and barbarism that challenged the poorest and most vulnerable members of Peruvian society, revealing the racist, classist, and apathetic attitudes from the criminals, government officials, military officers, business groups, and unaffected civilians alike. This book immortalizes the victims and recounts these events so that this tragic history is not lost to obscurity or repeated.

La biografía en viñetas de dos personajes icónicos del siglo XX, firmada por los grandes maestros del cómic argentino. Vida del Che empieza en Bolivia, en 1967, en los días finales de Ernesto «Che» Guevara, pero nos recupera los episodios más importantes de su vida en un audaz montaje de escenas: su infancia, su viaje iniciático por América Latina, su contacto con la lucha armada en Guatemala, su encuentro con Fidel Castro, su labor militar y política En Cuba. Vida y obra de Eva Perón nos conduce también por los momentos estelares de quien fue considerada «jefa Espiritual de la Nación» argentina: su fama como actriz radiofónica, su lucha por lograr el sufragio femenino, su labor como como Primera Dama junto a Perón, y su empeño en mejorar los servicios sociales del país, así 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 Perón 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 Perón, and her efforts to improve the country's social services, as well as her travels representing Argentina abroad.  

Tells the story of a toxic relationship based on psychological manipulation. Lu and Santi meet through common friends and seem to really understand each other. But as time passes, differences emerge and there are more and more arguments. An intense and sometimes terrible love story from which both emerge transformed.

Naftalina, obra ganadora del XIII Premio Fnac-Salamandra Graphic, es una emocionante reflexión sobre la familia y la identidad. Naftalina es una extraordinaria saga familiar que se mueve entre la Italia de principios del siglo XX y la Argentina de comienzos del XXI, pero también una emocionante reflexión sobre la familia, la renuncia y el sacrificio.   Corre el año 2001 y Argentina está sumida en una grave crisis económica. Rocío, una joven de diecinueve años, pierde a su abuela Vilma y, tras el entierro, se muda a la casa que ésta le ha dejado. En ese entorno marcado por la ausencia, repasa la vida de Vilma y descubre que la crónica de su familia, en gran parte, está teñida de tragedia.   Rocío no sabe muy bien qué hacer con su vida, pero es consciente de que el camino que sus padres le proponen no la satisface. Tras conocer a fondo las razones que llevaron a su abuela a convertirse en una mujer aislada y resentida, su mayor temor es que la historia se repita.   Sole Otero nació en Buenos Aires en 1985. Su carrera se orientó a la ilustración hasta que, en 2015, se editó en España su libro La pelusa de los días. Desde entonces ha publicado las novelas gráficas Poncho Fue e Intensa, el libro de humor gráfico Siempre la misma historia y las historietas cortas La de las botas rojas y Pangea. Además, su trabajo apareció en las antologías Distinta, Destrucción y Pibas. Formó parte de los colectivos "Historietas reales" y "Chicks on Comics".   Ha sido invitada a diversos festivales de ilustración e historieta en Chile, Perú, Brasil, Colombia, Bolivia, España y Finlandia, y ha participado en exposiciones colectivas en Argentina, Francia, Brasil, Colombia y Alemania. Fue residente de la Maison des Auteurs en Angulema y en la Casa Tres Patios en Medellín. Ha impartido clases de ilustración, ilustración digital, historieta y tira diaria, y en la actualidad imparte seminarios de narrativa cromática en la plataforma online Domestika.

In this moving family saga, a teenage woman uncovers the hushed history of sexual violence that shattered her grandmother's life.   Buenos Aires, 2001. When Vilma passes away, few friends and relatives care to attend her funeral. This conspicuous absence sparks the curiosity of her 19-year-old granddaughter, Rocio, who moves into the house her grandmother has left her. In this home haunted by memories, she delves into Vilma's life and uncovers a family history shrouded in tragedy.   Moving seamlessly between Italy at the beginning of the 20th century and Argentina at the beginning of the 21st century, Mothballs draws a poetic comparison between the lives of grandmother and granddaughter. Both women are strong-willed and ambitious, eager to forge their own way, but face pressure from family and society to conform to the paths set for them. At a crossroads in her own life, knowing well the isolation her grandmother felt, Rocio seeks to break free from the chain of history.   Mothballs chronicles fraught family dynamics with rare nuance and sensitivity, sprinkling moments of tenderness, vulnerability, and whim amidst the pain, a showcasing tour de force that marks Sole Otero as a major talent in the global comics scene.

The author has a second job taking care of friends' houses when they travel. When she does this, she is new to the neighborhood. She can take time to learn what the best supermarket is or to learn the names of the streets. She says that when she can't sleep, she imagines the sound of the cars is that of the sea. She stops breathing and swims to a transparent house where they let her pay rent with drawings. Winner, Premio Novela Gráfica Ciudades Iberoaméricanas for graphic novel expressions of urban dynamics in Latin America.

The sci-fi masterpiece by Moebius and Jodorowsky about the tribulations of the shabby detective John Difool as he searches for the precious and coveted Incal. Difool’s adventures will bring him into conflict with the galaxy’s greatest warrior, the Metabaron, and will pit him against the awesome powers of the Technopope. These encounters and many more make up a tale of comic and cosmic proportions that has Difool fighting for not only his very survival, but also the survival of the entire universe. By Chilean-French comics author and movie maker Jodorowsky in collaboration with French comics author Jean Giraud (Moebius). Spanish translation of French original.

Spanish-language graphic novel version of Paul Preston's history of the Spanish Civil War.

Graphic novel about the complex act of remembering the victims of the Spanish Civil War. Tells the story of a young Republican forced to work as a gravedigger, killed, and buried anonymously in a mass grave, and, decades later, his family's efforts to find him and recover his memory. Past and present mix together in a story of how the mass graves were made and how, many years later, they are being unmade.

The life of a young anarchist from the early-to-mid 20th century. She grew up near a factory in the port town of Sagunto in Valencia. At the age of 18, at the start of the Spanish Civil War, she enlisted in an anarcho-syndicalist militia, where she worked as a nurse. After the war she was reported, arrested, and accused of crimes she did not commit.

Historical fiction telling the story of the Spanish exiles who fought in World War II and participated in the liberation of Paris. The true story of the 9th, a company in the De Gaulle's Free French Army, is told through the fictionalized perspective of Miguel Ruiz, a Spaniard who fled Spain after the fall of the Spanish Republic in 1939, and made his way through north Africa to Great Britain and then France. Historical figures like Hemingway, De Gaulle, and Miguel Hernandez make appearances in this stunning tale of exile, war, thwarted love, and historical memory.

Until he was 40, Miguel Gallardo never head his father never talk about his experience of the Spanish Civil War. Finally this long silence was broken and the result is this graphic storytelling of Francisco Gallardo's early life, his participation in the war as a Republican solider, and his passage through Franco's prison camps. Mixes text, sequential art, and photographs, including photos of original documents.

María and her father take a vacation. María is an autistic child and the pair encounter a variety of challenges and difficulties due to the lack of understanding and accommodation for autistic people in most contexts. Addresses the challenges faced by families with autistic children when navigating everyday situations.

El lector se ve sumergido en las emociones de un viaje de vacaciones de María y su padre. Un viaje que recrea situaciones familiares y cotidianas que para ellos, como para ciento de familias que tienen un niño con autismo, resulta una aventura salpicada de dificultades generadas por la falta de adaptación de nuestro entorno social o por la limitada comprensión de algunas personas que María encuentra en su viaje.

Eight years after the publication of "María y Yo", Miguel Gallardo and his autistic daughter María go on another vacation, this time to Barcelona. The pair revisit the same challenges as during their earlier vacation. The graphic novel highlights some improvements to conditions for families with autistic children, but also ongoing challenges.

2024 Spanish National Comic Award prize winner. A sensitive and visually beautiful book about the relationship between a mother and her daughter. Themes of mental health, family, trauma, and popular religion are woven into the story of a mother's mental health challenges and how a daughter experiences them growing up. Innovative graphic storytelling including photos of embroideries made by the author, a craft taught to her by her mother.

Antonio lives alone in a deserted town, with only her memories and a pack of wild dogs to keep her company, until she meets her flower. Together with a traveler from the land of mirrors, she embarks on a quest to save her flower. Gorgeous art filled with color and atmospheric storytelling filled with sound, flavor, and feeling. Medem spins a heartfelt meditation on loneliness, friendship, and the power of love, while exploring the limits of how graphic storytelling can convey sensations.

Humorous mystery thriller set in Barcelona. Themes of mental health, family, and gender woven into a crime-solving narrative with an erratic psychiatrist as the protagonist. Spanish translation of French original. Author Jordi Lafebre is the winner of the French Uderzo award and the Japanese foreign ministry international manga awards.

Mara is a trementinaire, a healer who sells homemade remedies in the Catalan Pyrenees. She lives alone in the mountains, and one day she finds a strange woman who has fainted in the forest. Two women wrapped in mystery confront the interests and prejudices of a rural community.

Ηistorical novel in graphic format. At the end of the third century B.C., Rome was at the brink of complete obliteration by the Carthaginian armies, commanded by one of the best military strategists of all times: Hannibal. His alliance with Philip V of Macedonia--who sought to dismantle Rome as a state and distribute the known world between the powers of Carthage and Macedonia--constituted an unstoppable force that, had it achieved its objective, would have forever changed the future of the Western World. But fate and fortune intervened so it would be otherwise. A few years before the outbreak of the bloodiest armed conflict Rome had ever seen, a boy destined to change the course of History was born: Publius Cornelius Scipio, who would later be known as Africanus. Based on Santiago Posteguillo's homonymous novel, Iván García and Daniel Domínguez--respectively in charge of illustrating and adapting the script--recreate in these pages the early life of one of the most influential figures in history.

Graphic novel telling the story of two years in the life of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, "El Cid", from 1063 to 1065. New hardback edition of the four original issues of the comic. Carefully researched and drawn.

Based on the life of 17th century Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, and the story of how he painted his masterpiece, "The Ladies-in-Waiting" (Las Meninas). The story not only of the painting itself but also its transformation into a cultural icon.

Graphic novel history of a Spanish mission to carry the smallpox vaccine to Latin America and the Philippines in 1803. The first large-scale international vaccination campaign.

En 1803 partieron del puerto de La Coruña nueve hombres, una mujer y 22 niños con la misión de llevar la vacuna de la viruela desde España a todos los rincones de la América hispana y Filipinas. Nunca antes se había realizado una campaña sanitaria de similares características, de manera filantrópica y con alcance mundial. La historia que aquí nos cuenta Javier de Isusi (Premio Nacional de Cómic 2020, Premio Euskadi de Literatura en modalidad de Ilustración 2021) es la epopeya de ese puñado de héroes casi anónimos.

Graphic novel about the trip by playwright and poet Federico García Lorca to New York in 1929. During this time, Lorca becomes engaged in a profound existential crisis that ends up affecting his work. Brings the reader on a visual tour of late 1920s New York and the poet's experience of the city.

4-volume graphic novel history of the Asturian Revolution of 1934. A key event in the lead-up to the Spanish Civil War and the fall of the Spanish Republic, the Asturian Revolution was an uprising of miners that was put down by the military.

Graphic novel biography of Spanish poet Miguel Hernández from 1925-1939, based on careful study of biographies, historical documents, and his writings.

Based on the life of 17th century Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, and the story of how he painted his masterpiece, "The Ladies-in-Waiting" (Las Meninas). The story not only of the painting itself but also its transformation into a cultural icon.

In 1656, Diego Velázquez, leading figure in the Spanish Golden Age of painting, created one of the most enigmatic works in the history of art: Las Meninas (The Ladies-in-Waiting). This graphic novel, written and drawn by two of Spain's most sophisticated comics creators, examines its legacy as one of the first paintings to explore the relationship among the viewer, reality, and unreality. (It guest stars Cano, Salvador Dalí, Zurbarán, and many others.) Olivares's art moves from clear line to expressionistic; from pen nib to brush stokes; from one color palette to another, as The Ladies-in-Waiting uses fiction to explore the ties among artists and patrons, the past and the present, institutions and audiences, creators and creativity.

Iguana Lady es una novela gráfica de la escritora mexicana-estadounidense Isabel Quintero y del ilustrador y caricaturista mexicano Zeke Peña, publicada en 2018. La obra se constituye como una "biografía en viñetas" de Graciela Iturbide, una de las fotógrafas más importantes del país azteca.

Graphic novel biography of Graciela Iturbide, one of the most important of Mexican photographers. By Mexican American writer Isabel Quintero (California) and illustrator-artist Zeke Peña (New Mexico / Texas).

Graciela Iturbide was born in Mexico City in 1942, the oldest of 13 children. When tragedy struck Iturbide as a young mother, she turned to photography for solace and understanding. From then on Iturbide embarked on a photographic journey that has taken her throughout her native Mexico, from the Sonoran Desert to Juchitán to Frida Kahlo’s bathroom, to the United States, India, and beyond.

Photographic is a symbolic, poetic, and deeply personal graphic biography of this iconic photographer. Iturbide’s journey will excite readers of all ages as well as budding photographers, who will be inspired by her resolve, talent, and curiosity.

Historical fiction telling the story of the Spanish exiles who fought in World War II and participated in the liberation of Paris. The true story of the 9th, a company in the De Gaulle's Free French Army, is told through the fictionalized perspective of Miguel Ruiz, a Spaniard who fled Spain after the fall of the Spanish Republic in 1939, and made his way through north Africa to Great Britain and then France. Historical figures like Hemingway, De Gaulle, and Miguel Hernandez make appearances in this stunning tale of exile, war, thwarted love, and historical memory.

Miguel Ruiz is a Spanish veteran exiled in France who was a member of "La Nueve" ("The Nine"), a company of men that went straight from fighting for their homeland in the Spanish Civil War to battles spanning the globe in WWII. Their years-long trek across Europe and Africa was spurred on by their love for their country and their hatred for brutal dictatorships. Roca uses the composite character Ruiz's "memories" to tell a story that's an ode to a generation that bravely stood up to, and beat back, violent fascism.

In this nonlinear graphic memoir, the critically acclaimed PowerPaola uses the bicycles she has owned, each with a nickname, as vehicles to explore the world, her relationships, her memories -- and herself. They carry her through her great loves and losses, joys and disappointments. PowerPaola's fragmented memories arrive abruptly, leaving just as fast, creating a pathway only she can find to move forrwards.

"A bicycle is a machine that you power yourself. You decide where you want to go," writes cartoonist Powerpaola, as the guiding principle of this graphic memoir. All My Bicycles is a story that never really begins, existing all at once in Paola's memory. The book illustrates Powerpaola's relationships through her many bicycles: in fragments, it takes her back to her great loves and losses, friendships, and disappointments. In remembering a bicycle, a manhole, an alligator, or a necklace, Powerpaola reflects upon these items in her consciousness without finding a concrete solution. Paola's memories arrive abruptly and leave just as fast, creating a pathway through herself she can only find in moving forward. All My Bicycles is a glimpse into how exploring these fleeting tangible moments -- of physical objects, of traveling and seeing a new city, of even the end of a relationship -- is an exploration of self.