A look at the book Hoy es el úlrimo día del resto de tu vida –Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life– by Ulli Lust, edited in Spanish by Ediciones La dúpula (2011). This graphic novel has won numerous awards, among them the 2011 Artemisia Award for the Best Comic made by a woman, the Revelation Prize at the 2011 Angoulême Bande Dessinée International Festival, the Ignatz Award for best graphic novel, and the LA Times Book Award for graphic novels.

About the author:

Ulli Lust, was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1967, and lives in Berlin since 1995. She is a cartoonist, editor, and designer. She directs the online publisher www.electrocomics.com. Her published books include graphic novels, chronicles, and graphic reports, as well as a collection of erotic-mythological comics. She has won several awards for her work; her best known and awarded book is Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life, an autobiographical work that recounts her trip to Italy at the age of 17, along with her friend Eddi. Two young, undocumented punks, make a journey that will lead them to an encounter with the Sicilian mafia and a macho society in which she will end up a victim of rape.