Overview
When night falls in Buenos Aires, the city comes alive. Artists flockto cafes and dives to exchange ideas, listen to music, watch outréperformance art, pen poetry, fall in love. In these raucous, smoke filledrooms, the bohemian heart and soul of this vibrant city, aconflagration of creative energy burns. With the improvisationalpacing of a jazz performance,Beatnik Buenos Airesfollows the livesof writers, painters, musicians, sculptors, and performers as theywend their way through these hubs of creative life, seeking outinspiration and grappling with their craft. Set in 1963, this graphicnovel celebrates a time in Argentine history when its art sceneblossomed. Argentine creators Diego Arandojo (writer) and Facundo Percio(illustrator) come together to weave the rich tapestry of this meccaof artistic expression. Arandojo's staccato dialogue lends a poeticquality to these lively, often mysterious characters, while Percio'sraw and expressive charcoal drawings perfectly capture the roughcharm of this eclectic community of artists and the seedy, smokylocales they inhabit. Romantic, dangerous, and brimming with life- Buenos Aires in the time of the beatnik.
Full Product Details
Author: Diego Arandojo ,
Facundo Percio
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Imprint: Fantagraphics
ISBN: 9781683964032
ISBN 10: 1683964039
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 29 April 2021
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
This sensational portrayal will transport readers to an Argentina where truth is far stranger and more wonderful than fiction -- while fabulously mixing up both.-- Publishers Weekly Written in a combination of poetic verses and sparse dialogue, and visualized in smoky charcoal drawings, this graphic novel is an evocative love letter to the creation of art and the mad geniuses who live for its birth.-- Monkeys Fighting Robots Beatnik Buenos Aires builds and builds, providing the cultural stew of a glimpse back to a creative era that burned briefly, but brightly, and indelibly for some. ... It's a masterpiece.-- The Slings & Arrows
Written in a combination of poetic verses and sparse dialogue, and visualized in smoky charcoal drawings, this graphic novel is an evocative love letter to the creation of art and the mad geniuses who live for its birth.--Monkeys Fighting Robots
Author Information
Diego Arandojo is an Argentine author, scriptwriter, award-winning film and TV documentarian, and filmmaker. In addition to writing short fiction, novels, graphic novels, children's radio plays, and more, he runs the digital magazine Lafarium. His earlier graphic novel Beatnik Buenos Aires was translated by Fantagraphics in 2021. Andrea Rosenberg is a translator who has worked on a variety of novels and graphic narratives in Spanish and Portuguese. Her translations of the graphic novels Run For It by Marcelo D'Salete and The House by Paco Roca won Eisner Awards in 2018 and 2020, respectively. Facundo Percio is an Argentine comics artist located in Buenos Aires. He's worked with writers such as Alan Moore and Warren Ellis, and has drawn Star Wars comics.
