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.