![]() 1993, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an influential, internationally acclaimed comics artist and cartoonist. Perramus is a cartooning tour de force, with a revolutionary message that remains vital to this day.Īlberto Breccia (b. This highly anticipated collection is an act of resistance in and of itself - it was created while Argentina's military dictatorship was still in power. This motley crew journeys to outlandish locales where they encounter a variety of eccentric characters - including a director of trailers for films that will never exist a guerilla fbeforce of circus folk, clowns, and puppeteers a tin-pot dictator with a vast fortune built on an empire of excrement and Ronald Reagan. Whitesnow and the blind author "Borges" (based on the real-life literary figure), who comes to be a guide. During his absurdist travels, he teams up with the gruff Cannelloni a foreign aviator dubbed "The Enemy" by despot Mr. ![]() ![]() ![]() When he voluntarily loses his memory, he's dubbed "Perramus" from the brand of his raincoat. This graphic novel follows the existential odyssey of a political dissident. Fantagraphics collects the graphic novel Perramus - winner of an Amnesty International prize - in English for the first time. ![]()
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