Details:

fanzine edited by josé pinheiro, with a cover drawn by the featured artist in this issue: manuel jorge (m. jorge). the first comic, the war is over by josé carlos fernandes, is a tragic story about the difficulty of adapting to peace after 29 years on the battlefield. estrompa contributes a drawing of a tornado. then, josé pinheiro interviews m. jorge. this is followed by the comic the hero, also by m. jorge. a page is included with various updates on new albums and fanzine publications. nuno nisa presents the night passenger, a poetic and contemplative reflection on the boarding dock, with life in perspective. “a question of... diplomacy” by carlos rocha is a humorous story about the misadventures of a door-to-door salesman and his father’s forceful intervention to ensure successful sales. mário elias presents the text subsidies for the history of portuguese comics, focusing mainly on magazines and newspapers with comics published during the first half of the last century. the man who sold the... world by josé pinheiro narrates a disastrous nuclear weapons transaction. rui lacas contributes a drawing made expressly for this fanzine. ana branco presents a comic featuring seagulls, the tagus river, and a bridge in the background. closing this issue, paulo fernandes puts the mustachioed character carqueja questioning the reader about who really belongs to the so-called “generation rasca.” texts by erradiador on the blog my nation underground.

Comments:

boom!!! #2, june 1995, 32 pages, black & white photocopy, 14.9x21 cm. edition: associação neuromanso. porto.