[Groop] Fables

[Jorge Filevich]

Of course,  i intended this for the groop, and I guess to remain on-topic, 
i Grooed.


>There is an Argentinean comic book (graphic novel) called The Dreamer ( 
>not an accuarte translation for El Sueñero), by Enrique Breccia. I guess 
>from what I heard of Fables that it has a little of a reminiscence. This 
>is a story of a sailor, that hunts mythical creatures to sell to a circus. 
>And it all gets weirder and weirder with the passing pages. The art is 
>excellent, a little dark, and the whole book has some comedy. I really 
>like it, and that is the type of comic books / graphic novels that i buy 
>and read besides Groo, of course. It is probably rated R in this country.
>Enrique Breccia comes from a family of comic artists. His father, the late 
>Alberto Breccia was one of the pioneers of "historietas" in Argentina. His 
>style is different from anything else, each little "frame" of his comics 
>is a painting on its own. For a sample of his work: 
>http://www.lambiek.net/breccia.htm Enrique's sisters, Patricia and 
>Cristina, are also a well known artist in Argentina. There is a comics 
>school in Argentina founded and run by the Breccias, and the students 
>publish a little magazine that is generally really good.
>
>http://www.lambiek.net/breccia_enrique.htm
>
>I don't know what is available in English. Alberto Breccia has some "mute" 
>comic books that are really good also.
>
>Jorge F.

J Brooks worte....

>Ive never heard of it, thanks for the info.
>
>Speaking of Enrique Breccia...today they release Swamp Thing #1, of 
>interest to me only because it is being written by Andy Diggle (who is 
>writing The Losers, which I am enjoying greatly), and the art is by....you 
>guessed it, Enrique Breccia.  Im not familiar with his art but will be 
>once i purchase Swamp Thing.
>J

I might have to go and get it, just to see his drawings. In Argentina there 
is a very long dating tradition of comics, and it had a few highs and lows. 
In the recent 5-10 years, the market shrunk, it was flooded with american 
DC-Marvel superhero type stuff, and most authors stopped publishing in the 
country and did it instead in Europe. More recently they started to get 
hired in the states by the same companies that "forced" them out of the 
country. Recently there has been a new wave of authors that self publish 
themselves, that I find to be extremely talented. Just an example is 
www.laproductora.com.ar  There you can even download the sold out / out of 
print editions of some of their books.

Jorge F.