Children of Fire is an adventure in the limited area of ​​Chernobil, several years after the tragedy, where a creative Fidel Martínez develops a modern black and white fairy tale

Children of fire was published by Editorial standardwhere the Sevillian Fidel Martínezan artist tanned and recognized as the author of other stories of the draft of Lord Sarajevo or Arcontetakes care of the work, where Mystery, ecology and realitySplaw with a touch of terror converge in a very personal comic.

Chernobil tragedy

The tragedy of Chernobyl Took place April 26, 1986When an explosion in Reactor number four of the nuclear plant in Prípiat, UkraineReleased a lot of radioactive material. Initially the extinct URSS denied the facts, but the news of other European countries and the pressure exercised built the accident.

The explosion created a file Radioactive cloud This is dispersed throughout Europe and forced to evacuate thousands of people. THE exclusion area Around the plant remains uninhabitable due to the radiation. The disaster revealed failures in the management and design of the plant, highlighting human arrogance and the need for a safer management of nuclear energy.

A “tourist” visit for the prohibited area

The plot of Children of fire It happens a quarter of a century after the tragedy, in which some players of the video game entitled StalkerThey go to the limited area, avoiding police patrols. Once in the area they make tourism and go to various places of prippiat, one of the affected places, including coffee with windows that is worth mentioning.

What was simply a Risky visit It becomes much more dangerous when, at the fall of the night, strangers must remain on the spot. The different characters have decided to visit the place for a pure need for adrenaline to run impetuous in the veins, but NicolaiThe greatest of them has other reasons.

Unlike his classmates, Nikolai is a mature character who, in fact, has volunteered in the area to try to mitigate the disaster caused by the authorities of the nuclear power plant. The return to the place of the disaster does not foresee anything good, just as something good happened during the end of the nuclear accident.

Fidel Martínez an integral author

The Sevillian artists write and attract fire children, who try to transmit to the reader, through a broken character inside, the need for people to be consistent with the surrounding environment and, as if he had followed a mythical comic character, the controls realize that great power involves great responsibility.

Nicolai It is the character who interprets the work, since he is a person looking for Redeemed by the pastBut he has no hope that he can be redeemed and forgiven. The strength transmitted by the author through this character underlines the memories he provides to the reader throughout history, discovering the actions that took place in 1986.

The drawing Black and white makes the story more intimate And, in turn, it provides a good basis to perceive Nikolai’s pessimism. The fact that the protagonists are surrounded by something that disturbs the atmosphere is darker in this contrast between light and darkness.

THE expressiveness of the characters It is outlined by the author, who only needs a few shots to transmit the audacity of the start of the trip, the stunning at the end of the light of day and anguish and oppression at the fall of the night and hear the dangers of an abandoned city. Here, the representation of these Moli of Soviet concrete intensifies overwhelming and darkness.

In short, Martínez’s design in Children of Fire Gestures Beauty and strength of naturewho tries to recover his place despite the Soviet vestiges that have caused tragedy and ecological imbalance.

Fidel Martínez is consolidated as one of the most exceptional cartoonists on the national scene, being an essential reading for comic book lovers and for those looking for stories that invite you to reflect on our relationship with the environment.

In short, fire children are a work that is distinguished by his narrative full of nuanceshis powerful environmental message and his Evocative design. The story published by the editorial rule, as well as others presented by the publisher a historical background, as Nellie Bly, quickly immerses the reader inside the work.

Edition

Editorial standard has published the work of Fidel Martínez, Children of fireIn axiswith measures of 19 × 26In Black and whitewith a length of 160 pagesas well as a little graphic AS extra. The care in the presentation and press allows the art of Martínez to shine in all its splendor.

Children of fire

Fidel Martínez

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