Lolita Lebrón: Puerto Rican Revolutionary

Available from Fantagraphics when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

The true story of an anticolonial movement, a political hope dashed, and an ordinary woman who became a firebrand for Puerto Rican independence — told in breathtaking woodcut. In 1954, four Puerto Rican Independence activists stormed the Capitol, armed with pistols, demanding liberation for their people. But before they were pariahs of white America, before they were symbols of liberation, they were ordinary people. Told in gorgeous woodcuts that imbue the narrative with a quality that is both t