El iguana

La Grande Arnaque #2

by Carlos Trillo

The most feared man in the history of the corrupt police state of La Colonia was the Iguana, an unstoppable assassin of monstrous cruelty, debased appetites, and nearly superhuman abilities. Now, he is seemingly dead, but his foul influence still permeates the landscape, inspiring as much terror and loathing in death as in life. When a beautiful and ambitious American tabloid journalist travels to La Colonia to investigate the Iguana's apparent death, she herself becomes entangled in his legacy of savage transgressions and perverse desires, and even a Pulitzer Prize may not be able to wipe away the stain on her soul. Written by Cybersix creator Carlos Trillo and illustrated by Roberto Mandrafina, and the sequel to The Big Hoax, The Iguana is a brutal satire, as disturbing as it is sardonic. Not for the faint of heart, THE IGUANA is another essential Venture graphic album, published in collaboration with Strip Art Features, and available for the first time in an English-language edition!

Genres: Comics, Bande Dessinée, Crime

Hardcover

First published February 2, 1999

About the author

Carlos Trillo was an Argentine comic book writer. Trillo began a prolific career as writer already at the age of 20, writing his first story for Patoruzú magazine. Trillo created, together with Horacio Altuna, the strip El Loco Chávez, which appeared every day at the back of the newspaper Clarín from July 26, 1975 to November 10, 1987. After that, the strip was replaced by El Negro Blanco, which he wrote for the artist Ernesto García Seijas until September 1993. He married writer Ema Wolf and had two children. He participated on the creation of several comics including Cybersix in 1992, with Carlos Meglia, and the Clara de noche and Cicca Dum Dum series with Jordi Bernet. He has also collaborated with Alberto Breccia and Alejandro Dolina. In 1999, his work La grande arnaque won the Prize for Scenario at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. He died in London on May 8, 2011, while on holiday with his wife.
(Source: Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 2 out of 5]

Το διάβασα και δεν το βρήκα καθόλου δυσάρεστο. Άπαξ και διάβασα την προφανώς κλάσεις ανώτερη Μεγάλη Απάτη, αντιμετώπισα το Ιγκουάνα σαν ακριβώς αυτό που είναι: Ένα συμπληρωματικό άλμπουμ που δίνει μερικά στοιχεία ακόμα για την περσόνα του Ιγκουάνα. Το σχέδιο ήταν χειρότερο. Το σενάριο ήταν προχειρογραμμένο. Πάντα συγκριτικά. Ακόμα και έτσι, με έπεισε ότι δεν θα ήθελα ποτέ να συναντήσω τον τύπο, με τίποτα όμως. Θα συνιστούσα να διαβαστεί μετά την κύρια ιστορία της Μ.Α. γιατί μόνο του δεν σε κρατά και δεν έχει να δώσει κάτι εκτός από ιδέες για βασανιστήρια.

[Komuniststar · Rating 2 out of 5]

Iguanu pamtim ko strašnog ubojicu, utjelovljenje zla u banana republici. ovdje kad je glavni lik nekako je manje strašan, objašnjen i banlniji.

[DonJulio · Rating 2 out of 5]

Incredible art. Don't see the point though.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 4 out of 5]

FormNorm ¦ A.I. 12/1998 ¦ D.L. 02/1999 ¦ 89,00F = eo(fr)

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actually tells an interesting story, but fails to contain even one single likable character. The whole plot revolves around this evil character who dies at the beginning. The rest of the story is smut and stories told from different characters about how much of a bad man the title character was. Something about it made me think of a novella by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. But not quite up to that level...