BOOK REVIEW POTEMKIN Author: Pablo Auladell From the reader report by: Rodrigo Petronio The comic Potemkin: Homenaje a la Película de Sergei Eisenstein is based on the famous work by Russian filmmaker Serguei Eisenstein, where the crew protests against mistreatment and denounces the rotten, worm-filled meat they are served. The sailors begin to mutiny and invoke the Russian revolution as an example against oppression. The doctor says: “It’s not worms, it’s fly larvae, just wash it with brine.” The commander orders the rebels to step forward and turn in. They do, and then the commander orders that they be covered with canvas to be shot. The crew revolts. The rebellion begins. The rebels manage to capture the ship and disembark in Odessa. They urge the population to take part in the ongoing revolution. Official troops are deployed to contain them. One of the most famous scenes in the history of cinema. The troops shoot civilians, women, children and men on the steps of Odessa by the sea. The sequence shot is tragic from beginning to end. The squadron advances against the battleship Potemkin. The latter manages to beat and overpower the squadron. The crew hoists the red flag. The comic is exceptional. The graphic quality is excellent, the story is very faithful to Eisenstein’s film, the most dramatic sequences are resolved only by images, with no dialogues/narrations. The author, Pablo Auladell, was born in Alicante in 1972. After graduating in English Philosophy at the University of Alicante, he begins his career in the art world. He divides his activity between editorial illustrations and the creation of comics. He received several awards for his work, among which are the Prize for Best Illustrations in Young Adult Books for Peiter, Peter y Peer y otros cuentos de Hans Christian Andersen, awarded by Spain’s Ministry of Culture (2005), the Prize for Best New Artist at the Salón del Comic in Barcelona (2006), for La Torre Blanca.
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