El Cid

Antonio Hernández Palacios' El Cid (2016–present, avant-verlag) is a single-issue comic that brings the celebrated Spanish artist's epic, historically grounded vision of the legendary 11th-century knight Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar to a new audience. Palacios, renowned for his masterful black-and-white linework and meticulous period detail, crafts a sweeping, cinematic narrative that captures the warrior's campaigns and the turbulent Reconquista era. This edition collects a definitive work from a European comics master, offering readers a vivid, standalone immersion into the mythic and human dimensions of Spain's national hero.