In the pantheon of graphic storytelling, certain names echo with legendary status. In the English-speaking world, we revere Will Eisner’s The Spirit or Alan Moore’s Watchmen . However, in Latin America and Europe, there is a title that sits on that same throne of dark, literate, and visually revolutionary comics: Mort Cinder .
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Cinder is no zombie in the pop culture sense. He is a , cursed to live through the worst moments of history. Throughout the anthology-like chapters, Winston becomes a "witness," traveling with Cinder to Ancient Rome, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Scottish Highlands, and the French Revolution. Each stop is a tragedy. Cinder is always present, always dying, and always reborn. In the pantheon of graphic storytelling, certain names