Estado del tiempo - Gabriel Alayza (Galería Forum)
my drawings for an upoming comic / mis dibujos para un cómic que saldrá prontoYesterday I was walking around, with no explicit direction, because I just love to walk and lose my time and, if possible,...
View ArticleJuly Comic Books / cómics de julio
My birthday was in July and, of course, I had to give myself a pretty good present: 17 comics, 2 trade paperbacks and 1 hardcover. Now that’s what I call a good birthday present. I’m having as much fun...
View ArticleYoung Avengers # 6 - Kieron Gillen & Kate Brown
Jamie McKelvieWe all know that superheroes hide under their secret identities and have menial jobs that nobody cares about. But what would happen if you were a superhero and you got hired because of...
View ArticleYoung Avengers # 7 - Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie
Crossing intergalactic borders, traveling from one corner of the Milky Way to the other and exploring the dark side of the moon, the three months voyage initiated by the Young Avengers seems to fly by....
View ArticleJupiter’s Legacy # 2 - Mark Millar & Frank Quitely
The superhero genre usually follows established rules. The approach, most of the time, tends to be Manichean. Ideologies are caricaturized or simply ignored. In order to portray a fictitious world of...
View ArticleAmerica’s Got Powers # 6 - Jonathan Ross & Bryan Hitch
Tommy has dreamed such dreams… Dreams of power, glory and ecstasy. In his dreams, San Francisco is no longer the city we’ve visited or seen in movies, now it’s a place inhabited by superhumans....
View ArticleSwamp Thing # 43, 44 & 45 - Moore, Bissette, Woch & Totleben
Stephen R. Bissette & John TotlebenFor decades, drugs were one of many untouched –and untouchable– taboos of American mainstream comics. But drug consumption wasn’t something strange for Alan Moore...
View ArticleExcluidoS al azar - Hugo Salazar (ICPNA Miraflores)
Es extraña la relación que tenemos con nosotros mismos. Vivimos disociados de nuestro verdadero ser, incluso de nuestros cuerpos. La desnudez, por ejemplo, aterra algunos, excita a otros, y escandaliza...
View ArticleDisco rayado - John Chauca Laurente (Galería Yvonne Sanguineti)
Kaboom (2010)Directed by Gregg Araki Gregg Araki's films share a special signature. As a filmmaker, his interest towards certain themes are aptly exploited in different and peculiar ways. In...
View ArticleAugust films / películas de agosto
Who said 11 isn’t a magical number? In August I had the opportunity to see 11 films. The gem of the month, of course, is Psycho. However, if I had to choose only 21st century productions then the award...
View ArticleAstro City # 1 & 2 - Kurt Busiek & Brent Anderson
Alex Ross“In my dreams, I fly”. But don’t we all share fantastic dreams that are only nurtured by the extravagant and colorful worlds of the superhero genre? Flying isn’t easy… most of the time we get...
View ArticleSwamp Thing # 46, 47 & 48 - Moore, Bissette, Totleben & Woch
Stephen Bissette & John TotlebenThe red skies gleam on the horizon, time melts as different eras amalgamate with each other, the weather patterns all over the globe have gone crazy. The end is...
View ArticleSex - Joe Casey & Piotr Kowalski
What's cooking in Simon Cooke's head? As a protagonist, he seems to be quite hermetic. He spent years of his life fighting against crime as the Armored Saint, a costumed vigilante. But those days are...
View Article7 Against Chaos - Harlan Ellison & Paul Chadwick
I grew up dreaming about other worlds and other life forms. Earth, of course, wasn’t enough. Perhaps I felt reality was too ordinary. Bounded to an ugly neighborhood and a rather conventional existence...
View ArticleAugust Comic Books / Cómics de agosto
Mark my words my minions, for you must memorize this mind-blowing moment. Meet… the marvelous month! Marvel at the massive mountain of Marvel mags and many more miscellaneous monthlies! The more, the...
View ArticleThe Wake # 1, 2 & 3 - Scott Snyder & Sean Murphy
We know the surface world, but the depths of the ocean remain unexplored. Who knows what dark creatures may be hidden down there? Marine biologist Lee Archer has devoted her career to investigate...
View ArticleYoung Avengers # 8 - Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie
If you remember the things you did as a teenager, you’ll surely remember the need to go out. It didn’t matter where or for how long. Outside was good; inside the house –with mommy and daddy– not so...
View ArticleLa gran kermesse - Sergio Camporeale (Galería Enlace)
my drawings for an upcoming comic / mis dibujos para un cómic que saldrá prontoIf there is a will, there is a way. I wish I could believe that. However, I can’t. Not right now. I’ve been feeling awful...
View ArticleSwamp Thing # 49 & 50 - Moore, Bissette, Totleben & Woch
Stephen Bissette & John TotlebenWords are an important part of a spell, much in the same way that good writers can create real magic using only words. “The Summoning” (published in Swamp Thing #...
View ArticleThor by Walter Simonson - Volume 1
It doesn’t matter if you’re a deeply religious man or a recalcitrant atheist, writing about gods can’t be easy. Writing about ancient deities that most people are unfamiliar with is even harder....
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