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Torpedo #5

Sing-Sing Blues

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Torpedo, Tome 7: Sing Sing Blues.

Board Book

First published October 1, 1994

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Enrique Sánchez Abulí

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Enrique Sánchez Abulí (born 20 February 1945) is a Spanish comics author, well known for his participation in the Spanish comics industry. His most famous work is the darkly comical gangster comics saga Torpedo in collaboration with Jordi Bernet.

He is son of the also writer Enrique Sánchez Pascual.

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Profile Image for Antonio Ippolito.
475 reviews50 followers
May 1, 2022
Primo incontro con il feroce e divertente Torpedo, grande successo anche negli anni '90 grazie a Comic Art, trovato in una delle tante fumetterie portenhas che ancora conservano ricordi della grandiosa stagione per il fumetto di laggiù che furono gli anni 70/80.
Chissà perchè ero convinto che Luca Torelli si muovesse nella Baires tanto malavitosa di inizio secolo: invece si trattava della più tipicamente malavitosa NY. Ma poco importa: il personaggio è strepitoso nel suo humor nero, di cui sono piene sia le sceneggiature sia i dialoghi o meglio i suoi pensieri, tra giochi di parole e strafalcioni che in spagnolo risultano molto divertenti e in italiano saranno stati difficili da tradurre (qualcuno ha detto che in questa edizione sono stati "argentinizzati".. chissà!).
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555 reviews54 followers
October 31, 2017
¿Qué decir de Luca "Torpedo" Torelli a esta altura que no se haya dicho antes? Ícono absoluto de la historieta universal, la creación de Sánchez Abulí y Jordi Bernet (no va a tardar en aparecer algún purista para recordarme que las primeras dos historietas las dibujó Alex Toth pero, no jodamos, Torpedo ES cuando lo dibuja Bernet o al menos es así hasta ver lo que haga el gran Eduardo Risso con el personaje) es un prodigio absoluto de humor negro, malalechismo, novela negra, novela de gángsters y muchas, muchas cosas más. Imperdible toda su lectura -ya quisiera yo tener en mis garras el tomo integral que reúne la obra entera- este tomo que tengo yo y que se me dio ahora por releer (el Suplemento Fierro Nº2, editado en 1990 en Argentina) incluye 6 historias: Que tiempos aquellos (la que podría llamarse también "Torpedo, el origen"); Un solo de trompeta (en lo personal mi historia preferida de Torpedo de todos los tiempos, aquella de "¡Luca! ¡Lo que has hecho no tiene nombre! Si es niño ponle Pamplinas"); RIP y Amén; El cambiazo; Año nuevo, muerte nueva y El negro que puso los ojos en blanco, que compiten cada una y entre ellas por ser la más perfecta, pero claro, yo no conozco historias flojas de Torpedo. Sin dudas, recomiendo mucho toda lectura posible de Torpedo, sea este tomo o cualquier otro (este, incluso, tiene la molesta ¿traducción? ¿conversión? de términos españolísimos al argentino, lo que es un dolor de huevos ayer, hoy y siempre, tanto como cuando españolizan algo hablado en sudaca) más incluso en estos tiempos de inmunda corrección política.
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7,556 reviews39 followers
November 28, 2014
Edición argentina publicada como Suplemento de Fierro número 2.
Lo conseguí en Av. Corrientes a muy buen precio hace unos 8 años o más.
Profile Image for Rick Ray.
3,549 reviews46 followers
March 6, 2024
This volume of Torpedo 1936 collects five stories: "Once Upon America", "Good Bookkeeping Makes Good Enemies", "Cut the Dramatics", "In The Name of Lola" and "100% Pure Pork". The opening story fleshes out Luca's backstory a bit as we see him lose a brother to an violently abusive father while Luca himself engages in a wildly inapporpriate relationship with his teacher. It's almost enough to make you feel sorry for the older Torpedo, but it doesn't take long for the reader to see just how messed up he is in the following stories where he beats women, brutally tortures a man in a movie theater playing Tarzan and commits cold-blooded murder openly. The stories have an ultra nihilistic tone to them yet somehow manage to keep a light humorous tone to them. Not for everyone, but I do find a passing amusement to them and Jordi Bernet's artwork continues to impress.
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4,347 reviews24 followers
April 3, 2019
*THE CATALAN COMM EDITION = VOL.5*

The art is solid. The guys are perfectly evil, the guns are rendered very realistically and the women are beautiful even though he only draws one type with insanely thin waists and mammoth breasts but they don't appeal to me in anything but their faces and legs.

The story is as violent as you'll find and Luca is no stranger to raping women so this is for those who don't let real life scruples effect what they read. IT'S DIRTY.
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June 24, 2014
Creo que nunca leí nada del famoso Torpedo, así que qué mejor que aprovechar los viejos y queridos saldos para darle una probada.

Nota mental: no usar la función "separate editions" cuando la edición que tengo marcada yo no tiene ratings mientras goodreads siga funcionando como el culo.
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