Cuba: My Revolution

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Cuba: My Revolution
Cuba My Revolution cover.jpg
Cover to graphic novel
DateSeptember 2010
Page count144 pages
Publisher Vertigo
Creative team
Writers Inverna Lockpez
Artists Dean Haspiel
Colourists Jose Villarubia
Original publication
Published inSeptember 14, 2010
ISBN 1-4012-1097-X

Cuba: My Revolution is a semiautobiographical graphic novel written by Inverna Lockpez with art by Dean Haspiel and colours by Jose Villarubia. It was published by DC Comics imprint Vertigo. [1]

Plot

The story is set in Cuba in 1959, when 17-year old medical student Sonya dreams of becoming a painter. [2] Encouraged by the ideals of the Cuban Revolution she joins the militia and is sent to the Bay of Pigs, where she's imprisoned and tortured by her own comrades. [2] She returns home, but discovers her opinions are not in line with Fidel Castro's regime.

Reception

Cuba: My Revolution was covered by, among others, NPR's Tell Me More , [3] the New York Post , [4] and Graphic Novel Reporter. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Vertigo | CUBA: MY REVOLUTION". Archived from the original on 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
  2. 1 2 Keyes, Allison (November 24, 2010). "Graphic Novel Tells Grim Story Of Cuban Revolution". Tell Me More . NPR . Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ Keyes, Alison. "Graphic Novel Tells Grim Story Of Cuban Revolution", NPR website (Nov. 24, 2010).
  4. ↑ Deliso, Meredith. "Haspiel takes on Castro in Lockpez's bittersweet revolution memoir", Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine New York Post (Sept. 29, 2010).
  5. ↑ Hogan, John. "Inverna Lockpez's Cuba: Remembering a Revolution", Archived 2013-01-15 at the Wayback Machine Graphic Novel Reporter. Accessed June 13, 2013.
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