Salva Rubio: The photographer of Mauthausen

Alkuteos: Le photographe de Mathausen (2017)

Kääntäjä: Matt Madden

Kuvittaja: Pedro J. Colombo

Teksti: Salva Rubio

Ilmestymisaika: 2020 (ko.painos)

Kustantaja: Dead Reckoning

Sivumäärä: 102

ISBN: 9781682476277

Muoto: Nid.

Peukku: q^^

*The Photographer of Mauthausen is a dramatic retelling of true events in the life of Francisco Boix, a Spanish press photographer and communist who fled to France at the beginning of World War II. Boix arrived in France only to be handed over to the Nazis, who sent him to the notorious Mauthausen concentration camp. There, he spent the war among thousands of Spaniards and other prisoners, more than half of whom would lose their lives. Through an odd turn of events, Boix finds himself the confidant of an SS officer who is documenting prisoner deaths at the camp. Boix realizes that he has a chance to prove Nazi war crimes by stealing the negatives of these perverse photos – but only at the risk of his own life, that of a young Spanish boy he has sworn to protect, and, indeed, that of every prisoner in the camp.

Salva Rubio is a Spanish author and historian who has been recognized multiple times for his scriptwriting ranging from short films to feature-length films and graphic novels, including a short film nominated for the Goya awards in 2010 and the feature-length animated film Deep in 2016. Rubio made his debut in the comics field in 2017 with two striking and very different projects: Monet: Itinerant of Light and The Photographer of Mauthausen, both of which have met with critical acclaim.

Spanish artist Pedro Colombo was born just outside of Barselona in 1978. With a passion for drawing dating back to his childhood, he went on to attend Escuela Joso, Spain’s most renowned comics institute. Colombo is the creator of Sangre Noctambula and co-creator of Trois…et l’ange.*

Realistisesti kuvitettu sarjakuva joka perustuu tositapahtumiin. Näistä tapahtumista on tehty myös elokuva, jos tarinaan haluaa paneutua lisää.

On kamalaa lukea ihmisten elämästä keskitysleirillä. Elämä siellä on kurjaa, kamalaa ja kauheaa. Kuvitus on vakuuttava. Onneksi ei kaikkein kamalinta jälkeä, mutta silti pysäyttävä. En suosittele herkille, sillä tunnelma on ahdistava. Historiasta kiinnostuneille hyvää luettavaa.