The 12 recommended comic books for this spring

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The 12 recommended comic books for this spring

Astiberri. 240 pages. €22You can buy it here.

After a decade of fruitful work, the 2012 National Comic Award puts an end to this tetralogy about the Asturian mining revolution that preceded the Civil War. In this fourth volume, which begins with Largo Caballero in prison, Indalecio Prieto in France, and many other rebels dead or in hiding, Zapico delves into the throes of this ephemeral revolt. With this panorama, the unforgettable protagonists of this authentic national episode wander through the mountains of Asturias in a cold winter of defeat.

Salamander Graphic. 216 pages. €25 Ebook: €9.99You can buy it here.

A phenomenon in France, where it won the Grand Prix d'Public at the 2022 Angoulême Festival, Murawiec's debut is an incisive philosophical reflection on identity, exposure and the cult of the ego in a dystopian world reminiscent of our present liquid. The reality where Manel Naher lives is governed by the principle of Presence, a system that revolves around the name: the more thought or pronounced it is, the longer your life will be. On the contrary, oblivion condemns you to the Great Void, a mysterious place from which no one has returned.

Fulgencio Pimentel. 295 pages. €35You can buy it here.

Harkham has dedicated a decade to this work that narrates the vicissitudes of a young man in the B-series horror film industry in Hollywood in the 70s. Literary quality in an album that Art Spiegelman defines as "a story about the stories that people tell themselves and others".

Comic planet. 152 pages. €17.95You can buy it here.

In this fifth installment of the adventures of the monster hunter Erica Slaughter, the Eisner Award winner takes us to New Mexico, where the protagonist arrives to take on the case of a girl who has seen a new type of monster, at the same time fleeing from the Order of Saint George.

Nordic. 112 pages. €22.50You can buy it here.

Japan, late 1960s. Nagisa, a young woman from Tokyo, lands on the island of Hegura. What is she going to do there? Nobody knows. But, if she wants to stay, she will have to find her place among the "mistresses," women who dive naked for the prized limpets and possess a status all her own.

Reservoir Books. 208 pages. €20.90 Ebook: €8.99You can buy it here.

Following the international success of Kobane Calling, the acclaimed Zerocalcare returns to photojournalism with testimony about the revolution of the Ezidis, a massacred ethnic minority that survived the 2014 ISIS genocide and is discriminated against in the heart of Eastern Kurdistan.

Bang. 96 pages. €25You can buy it here.

After debuting with a suggestive adaptation of a story by Jean Giono, Hernández now embarks on the recovery of the authentic and anonymous Frankenstein's monster, deformed by the cinema, to rescue the traumas and motivations of the rich and profound character created by Mary Shelley.

bruno. 48 pages. €12.95You can buy it here.

In this new adventure of the irreducible (and incombustible) Gauls, a Chinese princess comes to the village looking for help, so Asterix and Obelix must embark on a journey to a far away country.

Rule. 168 pages. €28You can buy it here.

In this hilarious album, the mastermind, a swaggering superstar, reveals the extent of his talents on a TV show hosted by intrepid journalist Julia Mojito.

Dolmen. 184 pages. €25.90You can buy it here.

As crude as it is funny, this comic by Florence Cestac (Angoulême Festival Prize in 2000) teaches us to overcome vital crises with humor, tenderness and sensitivity through Noémie.

lumen. 120 pages. €12.90 Ebook: €7.99You can buy it here.

"Each of Quino's books is what most resembles happiness: quinotherapy," said Gabriel García Márquez. Now Lumen brings together the unpublished strips of the masterful creator of Mafalda.

Lunwerg. 256 pages. €24 Ebook: €9.99You can buy it here.

Ricardo Cavolo's personal style joins forces with the immortal verses of one of Lorca's key works to create pages brimming with colors and symbols in every corner.

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