Alberto Breccia and his son, Enrique, drew Life of Che. The book begins in Bolivia in 1967, then flashes back through Che's life - his childhood, his radicalizing motorcycle trip with Alberto Granado, his taking up of arms in Guatemala, his meeting with Fidel Castro, and his subsequent military and political maneuvers, ending in a fade-out to his death. It has never been translated into English until now. The comic was presumed to be lost to history, until a publisher in Spain restored it in 1987. In the 1970s, the military government raided its publisher, destroying the means to reprint the book. Originally released as part of a graphic biography series in January 1969, it came out in Argentina only a year after Ernesto "Che" Guevara had died and reached an audience beyond comics readers. Life of Che is one of the most anticipated entries in Fantagraphics' The Alberto Breccia Library. Banned by a military dictatorship, and almost lost, it has never been available in English - until now. Published in 1969, this Argentine graphic biography about Ernesto "Che" Guevara was an instant bestseller.
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