#41 Some SKRAWLing!
This is The Spicy Peruvian, a monthly-ish newsletter by Peruvian comic artist & writer Gustaffo Vargas. It will have updates, behind the scenes and comic projects I’m working on.
SKRAWL Comix Magazine
We launched SKRAWL #3 last week on Kickstarter! This is the place where we experiment and cook weird and fun stuff! --Let me show you the Stories I’ve created for SKRAWL!
For SKRAWL #1 I created The Oak Tree, a folk fantasy story that follows the adventures of Ray, a border collie that gets entangled in a ritual battle between frog tribe and the shrew tribe.
I painted this story with watercolors over pencils, and it’s a direct influence of the color style I’m using right now for Power Rangers Green.
For SKRAWL #2 I created JUEGO, a story that uses the whole page-spreads as a board game, following three characters at the same time.
This playful way of using the pages influenced ANTICUCHO story, from ANTICUCHO, and other Peruvian Cyberpunk stories.
For SKRAWL #3 I’m bringing MEANDRO. A story that follows a research team trying to find their way in and out in the rivers of the Amazonian jungle.
This story is drawn with color drawing inks, pastels and color pencils. Fun, heh?
Follow and back SKRAWL #3 Kickstarter campaign if you want these stories! There are PHYSICAL rewards and also DIGITAL rewards!
RECOMMENDATIONS
THE GODS AND MONSTERS OF HEDGRAVE
A 120-page original graphic novel telling a complete story of aliens, madness, conspiracy, Nazis and family in pre-WW2 England.
The book is the latest creation from good pal and great writer Jordan Thomas and Chris Matthews, the creators behind Mugshots and Exorcism Island. This is a complete story, no cliffhangers or waiting for future volumes.
Take a look at The Gods and Monsters of Hedgrave here!
That’s all for now, I hope to see you at SKRAWL #3 campaign!
abrazos!
Gustaffo
Edinburgh
20th July 2026
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