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XII Semana del Cómic de La Laguna. Encuentro con Rayco Pulido.

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Nela.

Rayco Pulido Rodríguez

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Actividad de la XII Semana del Cómic de La Laguna.

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EL DIARIO MONTAÑÉS

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Rayco Pulido Rodríguez, Nela. Una adaptación gráfica de la novela Marianela de Benito Pérez Galdós, Astiberri, Bilbao, 2013, p. 119.

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Lamia de Rayco Pulido nominada a Mejor Obra de Autor Español @Astiberri @FICOMIC_salon #SalonComicBCN

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Lamia de Rayco Pulido

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The Top Ten Best Graphic Novels Read in 2021:

Monsters Barry Windsor-Smith: Funny book fans will recognize Windsor-Smith’s work immediately.  He did a remarkable turn on the first 24 issues of Marvel’s Conan The Barbarian comics, plus he was always to be counted on for equally remarkable art work and writing in a variety of Marvel comics (including the X-Men and Wolverine).  I thought he had long retired, so when I discovered Monsters and saw his immediately recognizable artwork I did not hesitate despite the fact this book was close to 400 hundred pages.  It took Windsor-Smith an astonishing 35 years to complete this massive book.  It involves Nazis, science, brain washing, racial hatred and a hero named Corporal Elias McFarland who has the horrible gift known as “the shining” and a little boy named Bobby who is going to be used and abused by the US military.  There is so much going on in this novel that if you take longer than a couple of days to read this you are going to miss half the story.  Easily the best graphic novel I read all year, it is a tour de force for the artist/author whose patience rewards his readers.

Ghostwriter Rayco Pulido: If Monsters was epic in scope and length, Ghostwriter was smart and clever and ran a mere 96 pages.  You are absolutely certain you know this story and who did what, but that is how the story works so effectively.  Taking place in Barcelona in 1943, we follow the story through the actions of Doña Eulalia.  To say any more would be to ruin a cleverly crafted thriller that outshines most other thrillers.  You can actually read the entire graphic novel here: http://readallcomics.com/ghostwriter-tpb/  This was my second favorite graphic novel.

Penny Karl Stevens: My third favorite graphic novel is skewered towards cat owners.  If you’ve never owned a cat then this novel isn’t going to have the same significance as it does for us cat owners.  It is obvious Stevens is a cat lover and he is more than capable of filling panel after panel of drawings (paintings) of Penny and making them seem authentically real.  That alone is quite a feat but his take on a cat’s thoughts had me laughing and looking at my cat wondering...

The remaining:

Missing in Action: The Book Tour Andi Watson: My library never stocked this book so I had to borrow it from another library which is why it doesn’t get added to the spine stack of 2021.  In 2020 Adrian Tomine published The Loneliness of The Long-Distance Cartoonist a funny and wry look at the complications of going on a book tour.  In 2021 Andi Watson did the same but raised the ante by having his author, GH Fretwell, going on a book tour and being mistaken for a serial killer who is killing book store owners. The reader is the only one, other than Fretwell himself, who knows he isn’t the serial killer and that Wrong Man scenario works in the novel’s favor.  

Maggy Garrison Lewis Trondheim and Stéphane Oiry This combines three interlocking French graphic novels about a woman who has been out of work for three years before she finally lands a job as an assistant for an alcoholic private detective who is beaten and hospitalized three days into Maggy’s job.  Her creativity and tenacity are outstanding as is her courage.  I can’t believe that someone hasn’t made this into an actual film which would make someone one hell of a great role.  But do people read graphic novels the way I do? 

For Justice: The Serge & Beate Klarsfeld Story Pascal Bresson and Sylvain Dorange: Based on the real life couple who hunted Nazis and are responsible for locating and capturing Klaus Barbie, this graphic novel makes you feel as if whatever you are doing isn’t enough.  Serge and Beate Klarsfeld are true humanitarians and they are still alive today and still fighting the good fight.  This graphic novel delivers their life story and allows us to see what true dedication really is. 

Meadowlark Greg Ruth and Ethan Hawke: Yes, that is Ethan Hawke the actor.  And yes, he wrote this story and it is a doozy.  When a teenage boy gets expelled from school, his father, a guard at a prison in town, is forced to take his son to work.  Too bad it is on the day of a major prison break.  Everything gets upended in this story and the teenage boy is going to have to do some serious growing up in a short period of time. 

The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski Noah Van Sciver: I’m pretty certain I called the first two Fante Bukowski graphic novels my favorites when I read them.  This gets the nod this time because it includes the third installment of the obnoxious wanna-be author’s exploits.  Adding to the comedy is the actual author, Noah Van Sciver, is also a character here and you can only hope he isn’t as much a dick in real life as he is here.  The third installment delves into Fante’s past and it is everything you hoped it would be.  We also get to finally read Fante’s poetry ‘zine 6 Poems which gets included here as a bonus feature.  This take off on a Library of America edition is already out of print so you may have to settle for the new paperback version from Fantegraphics. 

El Deafo Cece Bell:  Thank heavens for people like Cece Bell, a hearing impaired woman who had to wear a Phonic Ear hearing aid back in the day (it is one of those old fashioned hearing aids like David Lynch wears in his role as FBI Deputy Director Gordon Cole).  Her take on wearing this is one of the funniest things I’ve had the pleasure to read.  She pokes fun at herself as well as the closed minded people who are fearful of persons with disabilities.  When her classmates discover that they can hear the teacher (who is wearing a mic that is hooked up to the Phonic Ear) going to the bathroom and badmouthing her students while on a smoke break in the teacher’s lounge, El Deafo is born!  I discovered this in the Kid’s Library and was immediately taken by the title.  Despite having worked with persons with disabilities, I’m no prude and this title immediately told me the author was someone who could gain from her misfortunes in life.  And she is an excellent artist and author!

Factory Summers Guy Delisle: This book brought back memories of the summer jobs I had throughout college working in a kitchen.  I thought that job was hot, but it was nothing compared to the author’s stint in a Quebec paper mill.  I had no idea how logs were turned into paper, but this book details it and it is amazing.  That and it tells the story of the author as a young man tackling a job that he was thankful for but equally thankful he wouldn’t have to use it as a long term career like many of the men he worked with who were three times his age. 

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Book 21 was Ghost Writer, a graphic novel by Rayco Pulido, publishing in August from @fantagraphics. I scored a copy of this at the @libcomix Coffee and Comics breakfast at ALA Midwinter, and reallyiked it. It's part murder mystery part black comedy, part thriller, and the black and white art is stunning. I'm going to reread this one, because I know there are subtle nuances I didn't catch the first time. Definitely not a graphic novel for the kids' room; if you're looking to grow your adult graphic novel collection, this is worth a look. https://www.instagram.com/p/B8O4v-8HDyn/?igshid=1gjqh98f5qeq4

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Se termina de estrenar “Sordo”, el “Spanish Western” inspirado en el cómic de David Muñoz y Rayco Pulido. El largometraje dirigido por Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas y basada en la «Operación Reconquista» en 1944, en plena posguerra.

La película trata sobre la vida de un maqui que tiene que huir del ejército franquista, y que se quedó sordo en una acción de sabotaje. El silencio, a la larga, se acabará convirtiendo en su peor enemigo.

Hace más de diez años la publicación del cómic “Sordo” supuso un acontecimiento en la perspectiva “cómiquera”. La historia, escrita por el reputado guionista David Muñoz y dibujada por Rayco Pulido, ganador del Premio Nacional de Cómic por “Lamia”, con la importante novedad de contar con una protagonista con discapacidad auditiva, el desafío narrativo de ser prácticamente mudo, eliminando incluso las onomatopeyas en unas viñetas tan limpias como desnudas, pero fuertemente expresivas.

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Sordo.

Rayco Pulido / David Muñoz

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EL DIARIO MONTAÑÉS

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Nuestra reseña de Lamia obra nominada a los Premios del #SalonComicBCN @FICOMIC_salon

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‘Tetanus. 9 pages comic for the comic anthology ‘Terry’ published by Fulgencio Pimentel (2014).

Artists in this book: Los Bravú, Olivier Schrauwen, Sammy Harkham, Nacho García, José Ja Ja Ja, Jim Woodring, Sindre Goksøyr, Gonzalo Rueda, Bendik Kaltenborn, Rayco Pulido, Peter Jojaio, Sébastien Lumineau, Ed Carosia, Michael DeForge, Simon Hanselmann, Seiichi Hayashi.