Daniel Krob

Francia, 1953. Picasso, con 72 años de edad y afincado en la Costa Azul, es desde hace tiempo el artista más reconocido del siglo XX, un genio siempre activo que crea de forma compulsiva.

Información promocional de la editorial: Daniel Torres regresa al universo de Roco Vargas en un relato detectivesco inspirado en las revistas de cómic de los ochenta y que bebe de las fuentes del cine clásico de Hollywood. Un experimento narrativo único que sugiere una afilada crítica a nuestra sociedad de consumo.

Thea era una artista con una familia que la amaba y una vida sin preocupación alguna. Pero se lo arrebataron todo cuando los Paznina atacaron a los Roto. Ahora, Thea sueña. No con una vida mejor, sino con vengarse del clan que devastó a su familia. Consumida por la venganza y anhelando recuperar lo que perdió, Thea sigue a su padre por una sombría senda que solo puede terminar en sangre. Pero, ¿hasta dónde está dispuesta a llegar?

Welcome to Ice Haven! "It's not as cold here as it sounds," declares Random Wilder, our reluctant guide to this sleepy Midwestern town. He's also its would-be poet laureate. Would-be, that is, were it not for the "Florid banalities" of his archrival, Ida Wentz, published ad nauseam in the Ice Haven Daily Progress. Among Wilder's other fellow Ice Havians are the lovelorn Violet Van der Plazt and Vida Wentz; the detective team of Mr. and Mrs. Ames; the adorable interracial moppets Carmichael and Paula; disaffected stationery salesgirl Julie Patheticstein; the Blue Bunny, newly sprung from prison and the bitterest rabbit in town; and poor little David Goldberg, missing for more than a week now…
While Dan Clowes has gotten a nod from the mainstream - an Oscar nomination for the screen adaptation of Ghost World - his work remains wonderfully idiosyncratic and imaginative. The lives of the men and women of Ice Haven are woven into a multi-layered tale that, while it owes a debt to Our Town, is ultimately based on and inspired by…Leopold and Loeb. No kidding.
Only Daniel Clowes could do it and, luckily for us, he has.

Ghost World has become a cultural and generational touchstone, and continues to enthrall and inspire readers over a decade after its original release as a graphic novel. Originally serialized in the pages of the seminal comic book Eightball throughout the mid-1990s, this quasi-autobiographical story (the name of one of the protagonists is famously an anagram of the author's name) follows the adventures of two teenage girls, Enid and Becky, two best friends facing the prospect of growing up, and more importantly, apart. Daniel Clowes is one of the most respected cartoonists of his generation, and Ghost World is his magnum opus.