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CARLOS GIM NEZ was born in Madrid in 1941. His first series in comics was Drake & Drake, followed by the popular Gringo, Delta 99, and Dani Futuro. It was with the publication of his powerful and moving tales of childhood in Franco's Spain-Paracuellos in 1977 and Paracuellos 2 in 1982- that Gimenez made the transition from craftsman to artist. His other non-fiction works include the trilogy Spain United, Great, and Free (a chronicle of the political transition after Franco's death), Barrio (tales of his teenaged years after leaving the orphanage), and The Professionals (his much lauded inside story of the Spanish comics world in the 1960s).
LIBRARY JOURNAL - [In Paracuellos] acclaimed Spanish creator GimEnez (b. 1941) depicts brief vignettes from his life and that of other boys who lived in the fascist social aid homes that were by turns horrifying, pathetic, and poignant in this first English translation of this work.... These memories of the ease of a society in turning to cruelty against its least members is a cautionary tale for us all. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY - GimEnez's powerful autobiographical work, a renowned classic in its native Spain, looks at the miserable lives of orphaned children and the offspring of the defeated during the regime of Franco. In short episodes set in the titular state home for boys, GimEnez pulls no punches, depicting the unrelentingly bleak day-to-day existence of wide-eyed children who are harshly punished... but nonetheless the boys endure, their small shoulders bearing the weight of a world that cares nothing for them.
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