Castro would have fought against William Walker’s filibusters in the 1850s…
Category Archives: Nicaragua
Nica History: Rafaela Herrera
I’m posting some Nicaraguan history displays from the walls of public school classrooms (and other places), as examples of the amazing graphic novels hidden inside standard essay paragraphs by educational institutions around the world… But who will draw them? We have, of course, met Rafaela Herrera before in a couple contexts; this setting adds some …
Bienvenidos a Nicaragua / Welcome to Nicaragua
The smell of recent rain on rock mixes with the smoke of burning meadows… It’s good to be back.
School Supplies for BiblioMobil
A big thanks to the students of the Spanish Language Club at John Stark Regional High School …
Comics Workshop in Nicaragua
Here’s a peek into a rural Comics Workshop at La Reyna / San Ramon:
A Roosevelt / To Roosevelt (Dario, 1904)
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Augurios 6: Murcielago / Omens 6: Bat (Dario, 1905)
The final verse …
Augurios 5: Ruiseñor / Omens 5: Nightengale (Dario, 1905)
The healing power of song …
Protection
Unintended consequences of a well-meaning law…
Augurios 4: Gerifalte / Omens 4: Falcon (Dario, 1905)
The bloodiest verse of Dario’s 1905 “Augurios” (“Omens”):
WHO Ships HOW MUCH, WHENCE & WHERE?
Here’s a graphic based on statistics from the World Shipping Council:
Augurios 3: Paloma / Omens 3: Dove (Dario, 1905)
“A dove passed / which almost grazed with its wings my lips…”
