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Scorer, James. "Man, myth and sacrifice: Graphic biographies of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara." Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 1. (2010): 137–50. Added by: joachim (2/7/11, 11:52 PM) Last edited by: joachim (12/20/18, 12:40 PM) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1080/21504857.2010.527097 BibTeX citation key: Scorer2010 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Argentina, Breccia. Alberto, Breccia. Enrique, Colón. Ernie, Comic biography, Jacobson. Sid, Latin America, Oesterheld. Hector, Puerto Rico, Rodriguez. Manuel, Sinay. Sergio, Spain (artist), USA Creators: Scorer Collection: Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics |
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This article reads graphic biographies of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara in the light of the cultural readings of Che that describe themselves as works that ‘get to know the man behind the myth’. Framing this desire within the shifting, postmodern nature of the well-known Che icon – Alberto Korda’s ‘Guerrillero heroico’ – the article looks at comics by Spain Rodriguez, Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón, Sergio Sinay, and Héctor Oesterheld and Alberto and Enrique Breccia. With specific reference to the ways these works depict Che’s death in Bolivia, the article shows how they all fail to engage with the local specificities of his failed Bolivian campaign; rather than deal with Che’s inability to attract local peasants, they choose to show the campaign as an act of heroic sacrifice. In so doing they forget how those selfsame peasants participated in the globalization of the Che icon.
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