Alecto: Songbook
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Alecto: Songbook is a graphic novel published by King Tractor Press (2006). Written by Gordon Reece, illustrated by Nando and greyed by Lara Baron. Alecto is one of the Furies from Greek mythology. Along with her sisters, Tisiphone and Megaera she kills the mortals that Zeus singles out for divine punishment. She is ruthless and implacable. With the advent of Christianity however, the Christian God sends his black angels to wipe out the Greek gods and in a surprise attack on Mount Olympus and Hades everyone is murdered except Alecto. Alecto spends the next two thousand years fleeing from the black angels who will not be satisfied until she is dead. She disguises herself as a mortal and keeps her winged claws strapped down in a tight corset that gives her constant pain.
This first graphic novel, subtitled 'Songbook', finds Alecto in modern day America with the black angels hot on her trail. She stumbles onto a plot by a group of young musicians to kill their vocalist and steal all the songs she has written. Her role as Zeus's most feared punisher means she has to intervene even though she knows reverting to her 'true' form (with hair made up of deadly serpents) will give away her exact location to the black angels led by the hideously sinister Hemlock.
Writer: Gordon Reece, children's book writer and illustrator. Born in Romford, Essex, (U.K), 23rd October 1963. Attended Brentwood Boys' School, Brentwood, Essex. Graduate of Keble College, Oxford (1985) in English Literature. Taught English in London and Essex before requalifying as a personal injury lawyer. Moved to Javea, Spain (1999). Publications include - 'The little boy that Santa Claus forgot', (2001), 'The Crocodile and the Zebra' (2002), 'Cedric's Masterpiece' (2004), 'The Runaway Circus' (2005), 'Nog the Nag Bird' (2006). A lifelong comic book fan he is a member of the Spanish association of comic book writers (AACE) and author of the graphic novel, 'Alecto' (2006, King Tractor Press).
Artist: Fernando Vicente ('Nando'), artist and secondary school teacher. Born on the 6th of September 1971 in Salamanca (Spain), the city where he still resides. Graduated in Fine Art from the University of Salamanca (1994) majoring in graphic design and audio-visuals. Currently divides his time between teaching, graphic design and illustrating comics. In the nineties his artwork began to be published in various Spanish comics such as 'La Piedra Gorda', 'Demanda', 'Heroes de la calle', 'Zoom', and 'El Llapiceru'. After a short break from comic book illustration he began to contribute regularly to comics such as 'Frenzy', 'Boom' and 'Gothic Lands' again in 2002. In 2006 his artwork was published for the first time in the United States: 'The Resort' (Iconic Comics), 'Innocent Vol. 1' and 'Alecto. SongBook' (King Tractor Press).
Published by King Tractor Press who also publishes Innocent and Family Bones.
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