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This book deals with the Spanish Revolution. But told from another point of view than we're used to. We're starting in an all-female prison, getting to know Hortensia and the other imprisoned women. We're following them through the years of war, unrest and rebellion until the 50ties under Franco. The book is based on interviews with survivors and eye-witnesses, what gives the whole book another dimension. It's unsettling and real.

Why was Paco Roca‘s mother so deeply attached to a family photo from the 1940s? In this immersive work of personal history, the cartoonist uncovers the explanation. The deprivations of Franco-era Spain are brought to life in this moving graphic novel. Translation by Andrea Rosenberg.

Without a past, we are nothing. We need a past in order to feel like we are part of something larger and more ancient, which we call ancestors, humanity.

My latest Friday Reads video features all comics format, plus my 65th birthday & berry enthusiasm #LGBTQ #GraphicNovels #CanLit #EisnerAwards #booktube

https://youtu.be/YF3MIL3drxg

For everyone protesting tomorrow please be safe, please be smart, please keep your eyes peeled and aware of your surroundings. I know I'm not the only person hearing rumors of agitators and disruptors
...dont let them scare you into sitting out. Signs are done a we are ready

I love this version of Woody Guthrie's "All You Fascists Bound to Lose." It's on repeat this week.

https://youtu.be/dWUa7aAIfLE?si=fVXtH4Oq2uiAAWSh

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An easy read, and certainly worth giving it a go. It‘s a bit stunted though with very stop start chapters. Didn‘t quite reach the Gerard Woodward heights.

https://youtu.be/0ggV_dxiwAk?si=CyRojRwvA2ywcb0K

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Good book and learned a lot although not sure how much I could remember😅😅

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