Agustín Comotto

“Seguindo um impulso irresistível e sem nenhuma explicação, o senhor B. devora compulsivamente os livros que tem ao seu alcance. Não importa quais sejam os autores ou os temas: ele simplesmente come. Isso vira problema quando o senhor B. vê suas queridas camisas manchadas de letras...”Este livro foi desenhado com caneta fina, tratado posteriormente no computador com Photoshop 8.0 sobre texturas de papel reciclado... e o autor nunca, mas nunca mesmo, imaginou os problemas que causaria ao seu personagem... Só espera que eles não se repitam com os leitores comedores de livros – ou já?...… (mehr)

Very difficult to read on a Kindle, but even harder to find a copy in print, at least in the libraries I frequent. Set in the early 20th century, this is a biography of Simon Radowwitzky, an anarchist Jew who fled the czar's Cossacks in the Ukraine, becoming estranged from his immediate family and separated from his girlfriend. He ended up in Argentina, where he assassinates Colonel Falcon, who order the slaughter of protesting works, subsequently spending 20 years being tortured in prison. Pressure from fellow citizens eventually secured his release, and he emigrated to get involved in the Spanish Civil War. I liked the darkness of the artwork because it was so appropriate, and Simon's imagined consultations with his girlfriend in prison (to remain sane), but struggled with the story itself and skipping timelines. While Simon was portrayed as a friend of the worker, I did not see much to substantiate his idealistic views on anarchy.… (mehr)