¡Me Gusta Cómo Soy! / I Like Myself!

In Xavier Garza’s bilingual kids’ book, young Carlitos attends his first lucha libre match in Mexico City. At ringside, Carlitos sees the famous luchador—the Man in the Silver Mask, a man whose eyes look terribly familiar. The masked wrestler even smiles at Carlitos! He is mesmerized as the Man in the Silver Mask is pitted against the terrible forces of evil—los rudos, the bad guys of lucha libre. They make the audience boo and hiss! In the end, though, the Man in the Silver Mask triumphs and, in the process, gains a lifelong fan.

En este número 2 de Conan el cimmerio, la presencia de Richard Corben brilla con luz propia, tanto por el número de páginas que dibuja (16 de las 22 que tiene el cómic), como por la habitual e innegable calidad y originalidad de sus ilustraciones. Y es que las páginas de Corben siempre son magistrales, cargadas de talento, y ver las aventuras del abuelo de Conan dibujadas por él es un verdadero lujo.

Jake and Lucy are at the park. They hear some hungry baby birds. Who is going to feed the birds and where is their mother?

Ideas like freedom and equality died with the planet Earth. Now, on Mars, there exists a strict caste system that is represented by colors. Gold belongs to the governing elite. Darrow is not gold; he is red. To survive, he must hide this without forgetting that each death, each step in the battle, is for liberty.