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The Bluebirds by Bartosz Nowicki and Emilio Utrera
from The Bluebirds
'The Bluebirds' is a fictional story based on the infamous Cardiff City rebrand.
After losing the last game of the season to London’s West Ham United, the Cardiff City Football Club supporters travel home. During the bus trip they find out about a proposed rebrand of their club. From the next season the club’s blue home kit would change to red...
'The Bluebirds' is a fictional story based on the infamous Cardiff City rebrand. It explores themes of identity, friendship, brotherhood, family, addiction, and how addiction may affect a family. The few pages available to read on Issuu form the first chapter of a story that was planned for at least 80 pages. Unfortunately, it may never be finished.
Creative team:
Emilio Utrera is an Argentinian cartoonist and a writer. He is the creator of self-published comics: ‘Barras’, ‘La Toma’ and ‘Patriotas’. His work was published locally (Fierro, Editorial Muncipal de Cordoba, Culebron Timbal) and internationally in Poland (Mandioca, Piłka Nożna) and USA (Vertigo). https://emiutrera.wordpress.com/
Bartosz Nowicki is a Polish born storyteller, curator, and researcher. He is the author of ‘City – The Season’, a photo book documenting the Cardiff City FC infamous rebrand.
In 2020 'The Bluebirds' was published in a physical form by Czytelnia Nova https://komiksy-poznan.pl/darmowe-komiksy/
