The Spanish Conquest

From 2004 onward, Fantagraphics has published The Spanish Conquest, a three-issue comic series that reexamines the collision of Old and New Worlds with unflinching historical detail. While the series is most associated with its creators' rigorous research and stark visual storytelling, its concise run offers a concentrated, nuanced look at conquest, resistance, and cultural upheaval. The Spanish Conquest matters for its refusal to romanticize its subject, instead presenting a grounded, human-scale portrait of a brutal era.