Chicanos...

One of my favorite artists in the whole world is Eduardo Risso... he teams up with Carlos Trillo for the quirky crime tale Chicanos. i honestly couldn't tell you much about it yet because i picked up the 4th issue yesterday, and have no idea what has happened in the previous books (i do that sometimes...)

The story apparently revolves around on a young down-on-her-luck chicana P.I. (seen here)trying to make good in a messed-up situation...

the reason i copped it, of course, was the beautiful black and white art of the oft-imitated eduardo risso. his art, as always, is defined by distinct charcterization and deft, multilayered storytelling. an international comics veteran, the noirish argentinian's work on the Jonny Double miniseries blew me away, soon followed by the gritty revenge/conspiracy theory/ crime roller coaster 100 bullets, and Batman: Broken City (all published by vertigo/DC with his frequent partner-in-crime, writer Brian Azzarello). His work is a big influence on my comics work, and a ton of fun to read to boot!

check out this series, collected in english here.


salud!
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