Available to preorder now from US publisher Epicenter Comics is a mammoth new collection featuring the incredible work of the legendary Argentinian duo, artist Alberto Breccia and writer Carlos Trillo, collected in a box set.
Available as a Late Pledge to the publisher’s successful Kickstarter campaign, and, hopefully, also through comics shops in November, on offer is the Alberto Breccia & Carlos Trillo Collection, a limited edition collection of three works never before published in English language, collected in an elegant slipcase.
The project is one of the latest releases from Epicenter Comics, the US publishers of English language editions of Alvar Mayor, also by Alberto Breccia & Carlos Trillo, and titles from Italian publishing house Sergio Bonelli Editore such as Dylan Dog, Tex and Zagor titles and more, was founded in 2012 by Igor Maricic, out of life-long love of comics, which is obvious from each book they publish.
It’s not an overstatement to say that Alberto Breccia is one of the greatest comic book artists in history, who has influenced many artist legends during his lifetime, including Frank Miller, Bill Sienkiewicz and Dave McKean.
You can read artist Ron Tiner’s fabulous guide to his work right here on downthetubes, outlining his importance.
Now’s your chance to discover the brilliance of both Alberto Breccia and Carlos Trillo in an exclusive, limited-edition box set. Featuring three masterful graphic novels, this collection showcases the duo’s unparalleled storytelling and artistic innovation.
A Certain Daneri is about a private detective whose better days are probably behind him… Muddy streets with buildings of forgettable shapes and people whose fates are already marked, just like Argentina’s fate in the mid-1970s walking toward dictatorship. Impactful short stories from two Argentine legends: the then-young writer Carlos Trillo and mature artist Alberto Breccia seeking new forms of expression, using blots and collage, as well as his trusted ink.
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Nobody (The Mystery of Fu Manchu) is about Nobody, a British Secret Service spy who, as in the classic adventure comics, from episode to episode tries to get out alive from dangerous missions that he is entrusted with. Many enemies work in the shadows, but situation gets critical when on the scene enters terrible Fu Manchu. Carlos Trillo and Alberto Breccia are this time in a lighter than usual tone, with their take on a spy-adventure genre, with Breccia’s still unmistakable bold graphic expression.
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This 300-plus page special collection wraps with The Gray Traveler, in which Carlos Trillo and Alberto Breccia are in one of the zeniths of their collaboration and creativity. Locked up in his solitary cell, Cornelius Dark can free himself from the terror of his confinement only in his imagination. During his dreamy travels he visits various historical eras, meeting people who like him are locked up by their desires, moral dilemmas or extreme situations which Dark witnesses, or even participates in.
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Throughout, Carlos Trillo and Alberto Breccia demonstrate their creative chemistry by giving life to the fascinating stories full of wisdom, through which the flashes of Argentinian military dictatorship can be seen.
Each set comes housed in a beautifully designed slipcase and is individually numbered, making it a true collector’s item.
• Alberto Breccia & Carlos Trillo Collection by Carlos Trillo & Alberto Breccia | Epicenter Comics | 336pgs B&W hardcovers in slipcase | $62.99 | Available here as a Late Pledge to their Kickstarter campaign | Diamond Previews Page
• Read artist Ron Tiner’s fabulous guide to Alberto Breccia ‘s work right here on downthetubes | Part One | Part Two | Part Three
• For more on the life and work of Alberto Breccia, who died in 1993, visit his official web site: www.alberto-breccia.net
• AmazonUK’s Alberto Breccia Page
With thanks to Paul Gravett for the news
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Looks great, til you get to the $101 shipping charge.
It is listed in Diamond PREVIEWS as a November release, but I’ve no idea if that means any UK shop will carry copies, sorry.