Echavarria, Luis – Nothing is Private

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Nothing is Private

It’s probably impossible to tell from that scan, but you open this comic by pulling the key out of the keyhole, which is ingenious. The whole comic is impressively put together, as there’s also a transparent sheet when you open the book with the title on it. This is a story from Luis growing up. Back in the day he would share a shower with his younger brother (he was 11 and his brother was 5) and the two brothers were perfectly content to keep showering together, but their older sister would consistently barge into the bathroom looking for some small item that most likely could have waited until after the shower. This went on for awhile, word got out to the rest of the family,  and between that and the embarrassment of Luis’ younger brother pointing out his early pubic hairs, Luis put an end to it. That still left some revenge on their sister to take care of, but kids like that aren’t always the best at plotting such things, and the revenge backfired horribly. Without giving too much away, let’s just say that they barged in on the wrong family member. There’s also a pretty great ending bit involving his younger brother and his own first “pubic hair.” This is a damned solid book; the facial expressions were fantastic, and there was substantial attention to detail. Maybe that’s supposed to be the norm, but I see a lot of minis and a lot of people wouldn’t have bothered drawing the tiles on the bathroom wall, or the rich wealth of items surrounding their dinner table. I have no idea on the price, as nothing was listed on his website (which is in Spanish, by the way, but Google can translate it for you), but judging from sheer quality alone it has to be at least $5. Luis was also nice enough to send along several more minis and I’m looking forward to going through them. Well, I’m looking forward to them if all of the comics are of this same level of quality. If this was some bizarre fluke then it’ll be a different story…

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