Categoria: Revenge

The Man from Canudos

Authors: Wanderley Diniz (script) and Jô Oliveira (illustrations)

Pages: 48 (extra content available, including texts about the history and socio-political context of the cangaço)

Full color

Target audience age: adult

Keywords: Cangaço – Historical Fiction – Violence – Revenge

Synopsis: At the end of the 19th century, the sertão were ravaged by drought, hunger, and violence. After witnessing his family being killed, Pedro finds himself in a sinister spiral of revenge and redemption, until his path crosses with that of Antonio Conselheiro, the “messiah of Canudos.” In those days, “blood would run like a river in the sertão” as the forces of the newly established Republic advanced on Conselheiro and his followers. The Man of Canudos was first published in the 1970s in Italy as part of the Un Uomo / Un’Avventura collection.

At the end of the 19th century, the sertão was ravaged by drought, hunger, and violence. After witnessing his family being killed, Pedro finds himself in a sinister spiral of revenge and redemption, until his path crosses with that of Antonio Conselheiro, the “messiah of Canudos.” In those days, “blood would run like a river in the sertão” as the forces of the newly established Republic advanced on Conselheiro and his followers. “The Man of Canudos” was first published in the 1970s in Italy as part of the Un Uomo / Un’Avventura collection.

At the end of the 19th century, the sertão suffered from drought, hunger, and violence. Pedro, seeking revenge after his family’s death, encounters Antonio Conselheiro, the “messiah of Canudos.” “Blood would run like a river in the sertão” when the new Republic’s forces clashed the messiah’s followers. “The Man of Canudos” was first published in the 1970s as part of the Un Uomo / Un’Avventura collection.

Jô Oliveira’s art exemplifies the popular iconography of Northeast Brazil. The panels of this work reveal what scholarly and penetrating research conceals behind apparent naivety, depicting a significant episode in Brazilian history narrated by someone uniquely qualified to do so.

Hugo Pratt

She-Devil On the Trail of the Cangaceiros

Authors: Ataíde Braz (script) and Flavio Colin (illustrations)

Pages: 32 (extra content available, including texts about the history and socio-political context of the cangaço )

Black and White

Target audience age: adult

Keywords: Cangaço – Supernatural – Crime – Revenge

Synopsis: Forged in the fire of evil, a cursed woman pursues her tormentors in search of revenge in the hinterlands of the 1930s. An enemy that the cangaceiros could not even imagine in their worst nightmares. A work that mixes terror and adventure, fiction and non-fiction, signed by two masters of Brazilian comics.

Winner of the Angelo Agostini and HQMix Awards (Best Comic Book). Flavio Colin, HQMix Award Winner for Best Illustrator.

 

About cangaço

Cangaço was a movement of social banditry that plagued the northeastern region of Brazil from the late 19th century to the early decades of the 20th century. The region, at that time, was ravaged by a historic drought and harbored a population suffering from poverty. The cangaceiros saw banditry as a way to escape poverty and the tyranny of the “coronéis”, powerful landowners who imposed their law across the sertão. The violence, aesthetics, and thorny vegetation of the caatinga – a biome unique to the planet –, complete the exotic scenario that has been fascinating authors in literature, cinema, and comics for decades.

 

About Flavio Colin

Flavio Colin is one of the most important Brazilian comic book artists of all time. As a member of an essentially subversive avant-garde in terms of aesthetics or narrative, Colin was subversive in both aspects, creating a minimalist representation that masks meticulous and detailed work, with an absolutely unique artistic personality.

Chronicles of the Province

Authors: Wander Antunes (script) and Mozart Couto (illustrations)

Pages: 48 (extra content available)

Full color

Target audience age: adult

Keywords: Backlands – Revenge – Violence – Injustice

Synopsis:

In the interior of Brazil, where lands and lives belong to the strongest, vengeance takes shape like the winds of a whirlwind. Chronicles of the Province brings a piece of the small history of the Old Republic, without the big names of history, but exposing the wounds where the whip of the powerful reaches. A violent profile of an era marked by elitist morals and law based on the shotgun of colonels and jagunços.

About Wander Antunes

Wander Antunes is a Brazilian comic book writer and illustrator who has gained international recognition with his publications in Europe and the United States. He has worked with renowned publishers such as Paquet, in Suisse, Dupuis, in France, Editoriale Aurea, in Italy and Scout Comics, in United States. His stories of the character Zózimo Barbosa were adapted into the TV series “Cidade Proibida,” which aired on Rede Globo (Brazil).

Tales of Honor and Blood

Author: Wander Antunes (script and illustrations)

Pages: 64

Full color

Target audience age: adult

Keywords: Fantasy – Revenge – Heroism – War

Synopsis: The body of a dictator on his way to a glorious funeral must be defended from the fury of his enemies. An aging dragon slayer takes a break from pursuing the last creature to seek allies for the final battle. Two gentlemen defend their honors in an endless duel. A war-weary hero returns home only to find himself entering another battlefield. Two old men, stripped of everything and no longer knowing what honor is, seek the reward offered for the head of an enemy of the state. What do they have in common? They all bleed! ‘Tales of Honor and Blood’ presents five complete stories filled with action, reflection, and questioning.

About Wander Antunes

Wander Antunes is a Brazilian comic book writer and illustrator who has gained international recognition with his publications in Europe and the United States. He has worked with renowned publishers such as Paquet, in Suisse, Dupuis, in France, Editoriale Aurea, in Italy and Scout Comics, in United States. His stories of the character Zózimo Barbosa were adapted into the TV series “Cidade Proibida,” which aired on Rede Globo (Brazil).

Brave Wind

Author: Wander Antunes (script and illustrations)

Pages: 64 (extra content available)

Full color

Target audience age: adult

Keywords: Western – Revenge – Indigenous war – Investigation

Synopsis: How to punish a murderer whose identity is unknow?

In 18th century North America, during the French and Indian War, a fur trapper, whose face remains hidden, murders a young Delaware woman. Her partner, Brave Wind, sets out on a relentless pursuit to bring the killer to justice. The warrior must catch the hunter before he reaches a trading post and mingles with other hunters, for once he does, identifying and punishing the murderer will become nearly impossible

About Wander Antunes

Wander Antunes is a Brazilian comic book writer and illustrator who has gained international recognition with his publications in Europe and the United States. He has worked with renowned publishers such as Paquet, in Suisse, Dupuis, in France, Editoriale Aurea, in Italy and Scout Comics, in United States. His stories of the character Zózimo Barbosa were adapted into the TV series “Cidade Proibida,” which aired on Rede Globo (Brazil).