Pulp Vietnam

The top Billboard Hot 100 single of 1966 wasn't The Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" or the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" - it was "The Ballad of the Green Berets", a hyper-patriotic tribute to the men of the Special Forces by Vietnam veteran, US Army Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler.

Music and the movies have long formed a creative partnership since the inception of moving pictures as a public entertainment. Even in the days of silent movies it was important to accompany images on the silver screen with 'live' music provided by pianists, full orchestras and a Mighty Wurlitzer. Great composers would be recruited by the film studios to create grandiose scores in the classical style that complemented the action unfolding in the latest Western, comedy or historical epic. Stage musicals, pop, rock'n'roll, soul and jazz are all represented among the ensuing 60 tracks that have graced a plethora of all-time great movies

Esta es la historia de Karen Reyes, una peculiar niña de diez años que vive en la oscura Chicago de finales de los sesenta. Lleva un diario gráfico que refleja su pasión por las películas de terror de serie B y la iconografía de las revistas pulp de monstruos. Se retrata a sí misma como una niña-lobo vestida de detective y, como tal, se propone un día resolver el misterio que se rodea el asesinato de su bella y enigmática vecina del piso de arriba, Anka Silverberg, una superviviente del Holocausto.