Los Pirineos
What is Los Pirineos?
Los Pirineos, the mostly true memoirs of Esperancita Gomez, is a fictionalized graphic memoir chronicling a young girl’s upcoming in and eventual exile from Colombia told through the lens of childhood imagination. Researched on location in Colombia with the help of a grant from the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC), and featuring Sara Woolley’s award winning illustrations and story and text as told by Leila Gomez Woolley, Los Pirineos is at once deeply personal while giving voice to a common childhood immigrant experience.
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Los Pirineos Book News
Chapter One is done! Here is a sampling of images from it:
Los Pirineos: The Gomez Family Tree
Since Los Pirineos is the mostly true memoirs of Esperancita Gomez, we though it might be helpful to take a glimpse into the Gomez Family Tree.
Los Pirineos Book News: Feb 2012 Update
Plugging along, working on the remaining chapters to this exciting graphic memoir. I just recently shared my art “outtakes” on my general blog which I would love to share with you all. Please click on over to my Sara Woolley Blog to take a peek. Would love to hear your thoughts!
Beautiful work Sara – I can’t wait to see more! Hernan.
Gorgeous… Absolutely love it… Reminds me of The Books of Magic, or Stardust, of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. There’s something very appealing about Victorian-esque comic art.
Wow! Thank you so much Simon! What a complement! I LOVE Startdust and the League of extraordinary gentlemen… please keep checking back… more up very soon!
Sara, This is amazing! I can’t wait to see more…looking forward to the day when I can see it, you & Nick in person! Beautiful work.
Love you!