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March comic books / cómics de marzo
March was a month almost entirely devoted to sci-fi comic books. Alan Moore’s Miracleman continues to amaze me like no other comic could; while Moore’s Crossed Plus Hundred remains as my favorite...
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Miracleman # 13 - Alan Moore & John Totleben
In the future, Earth is a technological paradise. A fast-paced life, a frenetic rhythm overpowers the mind, but not the soul of the human race. In the future, velocity is what matters the most. Ideas...
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Planetary # 12 - Warren Ellis & John Cassaday
An efficient archeologist should be a good detective. Finding relics of the past is, indeed, like finding clues of a mystery we have yet to unravel. The more artifacts from the past we find, the closer...
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Expresionismos - Iván Fernández-Dávila (Museo Pedro de Osma)
Hace un par de horas se inauguró en el Museo Pedro de Osma "Expresionismos", individual de Iván Fernández-Dávila.Susana y los viejosNo es la primera vez que Iván nos sorprende con sus cuadros llenos de...
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April films / películas de abril
The Zero Theorem (2013) reflects Terry Gilliam’s eccentric approach towards cinema; in a bizarre future, Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) works for an inscrutable company; and his mission is to...
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January Comic Books / Cómics de enero
It doesn’t matter if it’s 2015 or 1988, Alan Moore continues to be the best writer of the medium. Miracleman is getting better issue after issue, and Crossed Plus One Hundred # 2 was the best comic of...
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Planetary # 10 - Warren Ellis & John Cassaday
Perhaps a falling star may suggest it’s time to make a wish, but the same ray of light crossing the evening sky can also be a presage. In “Magic & Loss” (published in Planetary # 10, June 2000),...
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February Films / películas de febrero
Is there a better way to celebrate the month of the Oscars than watching the Academy’s favorite? Birdman: or (the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), is a remarkable cinematographic achievement....
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Miracleman # 13 - Alan Moore & John Totleben
In the future, Earth is a technological paradise. A fast-paced life, a frenetic rhythm overpowers the mind, but not the soul of the human race. In the future, velocity is what matters the most. Ideas...
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Punk Rock Jesus - Sean Murphy
I usually try to establish a certain balance here. I write about the heroes from Marvel and DC but I also write about independent publishers. The real trick, the way I see it, is not to lean too much...
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February comic books / cómics de febrero
“All good things must come to an end”, and in February, after 6 outstanding years, “The Unwritten” comes to an end. I’m glad to say I was there at the beginning, in July 2009, when I bought the first...
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David LaChapelle - Fotografías 1984-2013 (MAC)
It is curious how things turn out sometimes. In the beginning of 2014 I was drinking a glass of wine next to the Marquise Agatha Ruiz de la Prada in the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), but this year...
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Miracleman # 15 - Alan Moore & John Totleben
“Were I someone else I’d wish to god that I did not, but being god, have none to whom I might address such pleas”, explains Miracleman, lost in his thoughts and wandering the empty halls of Olympus....
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April Comic Books / Cómics de abril
April sure was a month devoted mostly to Image Comics. And how could it be otherwise with titles like The Wicked + The Divine (nominated for the Eisner Awards), Velvet (one of Ed Brubaker’s best works...
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Video Clip - Tanino Liberatore
There is a strange connection between films and comics, and I’m not the first one to notice it. Nevertheless, whereas the seventh art has feed from the ninth art (let’s just take a look at the success...
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Hipnógrafos - José Gabriel Alegría Sabogal (Centro Colich)
Hace 4 años fui al Centro Colich por primera vez, y desde ese entonces este acogedor espacio barranquino pasó a formar parte de mi lista de lugares imprescindibles del circuito artístico limeño. En...
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Judge Dredd: Judge Death - John Wagner & Brian Bolland
When I was still in elementary school Judge Dredd was one of my favorite heroes. There was something special about this strict man obsessed with the law, and although back then I wasn’t aware of who...
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Neonomicon - Alan Moore & Jacen Burrows
“Life imitates art far more than art imitates life” seems to be the sort of literary paradox one runs into quite often, either as a reader or a writer. However, when Oscar Wilde wrote about art and...
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Planetary # 13 - Warren Ellis & John Cassaday
If “Memory Cloud” was a narrative milestone, then “Century” (published in Planetary # 13, February 2001) is the beginning of a new chapter, one that effortlessly combines the revelations of the present...
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May Films / películas de mayo
For the past few years, May has been Marvel’s month, so let’s talk about Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). I had high expectations, but I can’t say I’m 100% satisfied. This sequel is,...
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