Regarding
classic Comic, his illustrations differ by the utilization of enlarged detailed
strip cartoons. In his drawings, we can appreciate a technic based oneself
in using graphic, visual and photographyc documentation.
Manuel Perales,
very fond of historic theme, especially aeronautical, decided to carry out a project which
he promised to himself in his childhood: an illustrated adaptation from the famous
post-Second War best-seller, "The Big Show" by Pierre Clostermann. At
the age of 12, he achieves the first sketches in scholar notebook, with coloured pencils.
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In
august of 1.988, after a long search, Manuel Perales succeeded in to get in touch
with Pierre Clostermann, the heroe of his infancy. Inmediately, a tight friendship
relation of collaboration was born betwen the artist and the famous pilot.
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The
Big Show is the diary of a World War Two R.A.F. pilot. It describes the experiences
and emotions of a human being confined in cockpit of a fighter aircraft in the hell
of furious airfights of this periode.
William Faulkner
, one day, labelled "The Big Show" as the best book ever written about the air war.
Manuel Perales
is an investigator who has succeeded to make compatible with exceptional skill his talent as illustrator with his historian vocation.
Very soon, he will surprise us again
with another fascinating creation:
"The Story of the Kennedy".
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