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Tim Lane continues his exploration of the Great American Mythological Drama that began with his first book, the critically acclaimed Abandoned Cars. This collection of stories is broadly linked together by the experience of wandering. With compelling verisimilitude, the lives of his characters are depicted by way of rich mixtures of obscure myths and documented facts.

Título: HISTORIAS CORRIENTES. NI TANGO NI BOHEMIA. Resumen: Año 1936, 67,5 metros de altura. Imperturbable falo de cemento blanco instalado en el centro de la avenida mas ancha del mundo. Si fuera un simbolo, significaría algo. Si fuera un totem, tendría sus devotos. Si fuera una pieza arquitectónica, tendría estilo. Pero el obelisco es y seguirá siendo un misterio para todos nosotros. Un polo de atracción continua e injustificada, un folklore sinsentido, un capricho porteño... como tantos. Leemos el centro de Buenos Aires y vemos que la fábula se erige sobre un amarradero fluvial...

Joe Sacco's books offer both sharp insight into the complexities of global politics and extraordinary glimpses of the everyday people who live in a war zones. He has been favorably compared with Pulitzer-Prize winner Art Spiegelman for his ability to brilliantly navigate such socially and politically-sensitive subject matter within the comic book medium. Sacco's groundbreaking first book, Palestine, was based on the author's months of research in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the early 1990s, where he conducted more than 100 interviews with Palestinians and Jews.

Desde las líneas de sus músculos hasta los pliegues de su ropa,son muchos los atributos que definen a los protagonistas masculinos de un manga. Este décimo volumen aborda todos esos aspectos, ayudándote a definir mejor a tus personajes.