Border dragons. The Cannons of San Carlos, an extraordinary story that continues with the adventures of the dragons of Cuera Novohispanos at the end of the s. XVIII, continuing the story of Azucena Acosta began in the previous volume, roof

The action of this second volume of the second cycle of Border dragons. The cannons of San Carlostakes place in the year 1780Following the wake of Armand, the husband kidnapped by some Cobbleros supported by Osages In Border dragons. Scourge. Azucena Acostawife of ArmandHe decides to go to his research to save him, with the forced support of the Sergeant Beitia and it is Draghi Cuera.

In persecution, after the passage of The death that walksNovohispanos must go east, to follow the traces of the kidnappers. During that trip, they will reach Sainte-Genevièvea villa located next to Mississippi river In the Spanish Louisiana. In that city, Azucena will meet her mother -law Thérèse BeaubienBut also the news that a British detachment is directed to the south to attack Spanish goods.

Azucena together with the dragons led by Beitia are directed towards the city of San Luis de Los Illinuesthe current one Saint Louis of Missuri USA, in order to free Armand and, in turn, protect the population from the British attack. There they will be responsible for the Defense of San Carlos Fort On the western bank of the river, while the American rebels will be responsible for the defense of the possessions of the East.

Adventure and epic on a real scenario

The script of Gregorio Muro Harriet In border dragons. The cannons of San Carlos, as in the previous volumes of the dragons, edges and the dragons of the roof, part of a historical base, which at the end of the book commit themselves so that the reader can discern the real of the fictitious and investigate these historical facts of the Spanish America on the current United States of America.

THE Structure and tension of the plot Remain constant On the part of the artist Guipuzcoan, knowing how to skillfully manage historical facts so that imaginary characters can be inserted in a natural and coherent way, there is no impediment for fixed troops and the Louisiana militia to share the space with the dragons of the northern northern North American.

The use of expressions and cultural facts typical of the indigenous people of the areas where the action takes place makes the reader in empathy with many characters, without a distinction of heroes and bad guys, but opposite interests between human groups that converge and end up creating friendship, enmity or connections of interest according to circumstances.

In a superb way, Pedro Camello He continues to command pencils as he did on a roof, making the great American meadows and the banks of the great rivers such as Mississippi a magnificent visual stamp for the reader. Likewise, the characters are shown in a realistic way, as well as their clothes and panoply.

The cartoonist knows how to use the cartoons to transfer Harriet’s script to the reader, making very soft transitions in times of calm and more dynamic in the action cartoons. The characters are represented in a reliable way and the expressions and attitudes they adopt allow the reader to understand the latent idiosyncrasy in them.

Last but not least, the Brazilian Kiss It improves the work of his classmates with a very bright color palette, like the summer of the needs of work, but knows how to obscure the cartoons in the exact moments, such as the memory of a young Armand in his meeting with Thérèse.

In short, border dragons. The Cannons of San Carlos is a historical comic that, as happened in the first two volumes, has a good screenplay and a drawing, narrating in an imaginary way a real fact, with an electrifying rhythm that allows a pleasant and pleasant reading, leaving a well -conducted job in which the reader expects a new adventure of Azucena and Beitia.

Edition

Border dragons. The cannons of San Carlos, was published by Harriet editionsIn axisA colorwith measures of 32 × 24 cm and an extension of 80 pagesFour of them as extra in which the real fact of the Fort of San Carlos is explained, as well as the different characters who take part in the plot of the work.

1780

After crossing the territories of different Indian tribes, they lose the traces of the fugitives and the sergeant Beitia group arrives at the population of Sainte-Geneviève, in the Spanish Louisiana, where they know Thérèse Beaubien, Armand’s mother.

There they receive the news that the British, with a great contingent of forces, descend from Mississippi in the direction of the neighboring population of San Luis de Los Illinues with the intention of attacking him.

Assuming that their persecuted are part of this contingent, Azucena Acosta and the dragons of Sergeant Beitia move to San Luis, where they will participate in the defense of the population in what will historically be known as the battle of Fort San Carlos.