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INTRODUCTION TO THE
HISTORY OF MY LEGENDARY
COMICS CHARACTER SERIES,
CHECHO LOPEZ. IT COVERS THE
TIME PERIOD DURING WHICH HE
EXISTED AND WHAT MADE HIM
SO ENDEARING, UP TO THE
PRESENT DAY.
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LOPEZ AND HIS AUTHOR IN THIS
DOCUMENTARY - INTERVIEW
DEAR READER,
IjM MARTIN RAMIREZ, AUTHOR OF THE SOCIAL SATIRE COMICS CHARACTER CHECHO LOPEZ. MY CHARACTERjS STORIES WERE PUBLISHED BY A BRAVE AND IRREVERENT UNDERGROUND COMICS MAGAZINE CALLED TRAUKO”BETWEEN 1988 AND 1991 IN CHILE. THOSE WERE THE FINAL YEARS OF A GRUESOME MILITARY DICTATORSHIP, SO IT WASNjT A MINOR THING TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF COUNTERCULTURAL PUBLICATION. CHECHO LOPEZ IS A MAN WHOSE LIFE IS IN FREE FALL AND WITHOUT A SAFETY NET. HIS WAY OF NOT GIVING UP AND SURVIVE TO ALL THAT LIFE AND SOCIETY KEPT THROWING AT HIM MADE HIM ENDEARING FOR READERS. I HAD OFFERS FOR MY BOOK COMPILING AND REPUBLISHING ALL HIS 25 STORIES BY SEVERAL RESPECTABLE PUBLISHERS, BUT NONE OF THEM CONVINCED ME. THATjS WHY I DECIDED TO START UP AND PUBLISH IT MYSELF.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF CHECHO LOPEZ,