Bocajarro (Rud & Lola) is a noir road work, orchestrated by David Braña, Jordi Zapata and Adrián Monferrer, published by Cartem Comics where a bad day can become a comfort

Published by Cartem Comics, Bocajarro (Rud & Lola) It is a work that the screenwriter has David Brañathe cartoonist Jordi Zapata and the colorist Adrián Monferrer Where the story of two currents who, by chance, cross their life and get their complete turn to their existence.

THE history It is published in the collection Spanish bombs created by Cartem Comicswhere great works like Shattered From Isabel Ferrando y Jorge CastroNumber of files de Frankman Romanian or we are a probable of César Verdúguez.

The title

The name of the work cannot be more explicit for a comic as it is. If the subtitle indicates the name of the protagonists Rud and LolaThe title refers to the shots made with a firearm where This is in direct contact with a part of body.

These shots are easily identifiable because the entrance hole is star -shaped, with irregular edges, normally torn and blackened by the burnt powder expelled from the exit hole.

These holes are greater than the caliber of weapons and about the gases expelled, there are leather detachments. This definition is perfectly adaptable to the story told in this comic, in which the main characters are influenced by their personality in this way.

History

The day of the birthday of Quadgeth of Rudesind (what), It is not expected from the protagonist, who was waiting for something, but has never been brave enough to make it. So he hopes that his wife, Macarena, I wait for him with a surprise party in your home with friends, even if Rud doesn’t like surprises.

When Rud came home, the day does not conclude how he had planned, there is not even a look at the imagined in his return home; On the contrary, for his birthday he will leave an indelible mark on him, like the song of Raphael: What will happen? What mystery will there be? It can be my big night; And when I wake up, my life will know, something I don’t know.

The authors of the crime

David Braña Is the screenwriter From the entertainment Bocajarro (Rud & Lola), which also shows on the coverage through the recording of the vehicle DBF1717 (David Braña Fernández), where the figures can perfectly be the spiritual interpretation of introspection, creativity or renewal.

Creativity is precisely the strong point of Barcelona in this story, not only for the way in which it gives its name to any of the characters, such as sermons, giant or carotid, but why Typical clichés adapt of the stories of noir e puts them upside downSometimes be a story closer to the film Airbag (1997) than to the black genre.

The development of the characters is unequal, therefore Rud is fully identified by the author as an ideal victim, while Lola as a victim would claim greater development. On the other hand, the rest of the characters is treated with greater superficiality, although the action that supports this story does not need greater introspection, to remain pleasant and fun.

Jordi Zapata in it drawing Do a good job, keeping the dynamic and fun tension with clear and clean traits, in which the facial expressions of the characters say a lot without any explanatory text. The use of irregular cartoons in the action scenes gives them greater liveliness to these, being a great contribution for this comic.

Adrián Monferrer AS Colorist He underlines the design of his partner, with tones very turned off in the memories and thoughts of the protagonists, but highlighting in the darkness of the night the tones of the neon and the lights of the vehicles. In the cartoons with greater action, the use of bright colors, they perfectly accompany the shots of Zapata, being essential for the entire distinct without a strident.

You have to mention it The towers He also brings his grain of sand to Bocajarro (Rud & Lola), as he is in charge of labeling the work.

Edition

Bocajarro (Rud & Lola) continues to maintain the quality he paid to his readers Cartem Comicspresenting this noir adventure in axiswith measures of 21 × 29In color and a length of 68 pagesWith a small epilogue by David Braña in which he “threatens” with new criminal scenes.

A birthday that changes everything

Rudesind, or simply Rud, faces his 40 years with his resignation. His wife, Macarena, has certainly prepared a “surprise party” full of known faces, empty speeches and a cake that would prefer to avoid.

However, the real gift of his birthday does not show up in the form of balloons or celebrations: when he returns home, he discovers that Macarena left him. The blow is dry, brutal and in the silence of empty walls, Rud feels how his life becomes unexpected.

With the broken soul and the heart on fire, Rud decides to go to the street. Meta driving, looking for answers that the road does not seem to have. But the fate, capricious as always, puts Lola on his way, a woman with a complex story like hers.

Prostructure due to circumstances, he runs away from a past that pursues it and a gift that oppresses it. Without realizing, both become the perfect companions for that night: two lost souls who seek a future that still don’t know.

One night to survive

What begins as a random encounter soon becomes a borderline experience. Rud and Lola are trapped in a violent and desperate situation that forces them to get the best and the worst of themselves. For Rud, a lover of black genre stories, reality far exceeds any plot you read.

On the edge of the razor, both discover that, sometimes, the only way to move forward is to trust those who less expect. While Dawn approaches, Rud realizes that his birthday is not the end, but a beginning.

On that chaotic and transformative night, he found something more precious: a new vision of himself, an unknown force and the possibility of rewriting his own story. Happy birthday, Rud! That this is the first of many chapters in which you are the protagonist.

A story of black gender with its soul

The comic navigates between the chiaroscuros of human emotions, combining a deeply introspective narrative with a dizzying rhythm. Through a visual style that mixes dark tones, neon lights and a deliberately rough line, history immerses us in a world of border decisions, redemption and internal struggle.

Topics such as solitude, uprooting, search for purposes and second opportunities are intertwined with electrifying action scenes and dialogues loaded with tension. This comic not only tells a story, but also explores the complexities of human ties and the ability to reinvent even in the most adverse circumstances.