"Bicho and I", the comic strip that tells in the first person what it is like to live with HIV
"Hi! We're Fauno and Bicho. We've been living together since 2008. Bicho is a strain of HIV and he lives with me." This is how "Bicho and I" begins, a comic strip that tells, in the first person and without prejudice, what it's like to live with the virus. Written by Lucas Fauno Gutiérrez and illustrated by Jon Amarillo, it aims to bring a less solemn tone to a debate that, sometimes, due to its careful handling, becomes invisible or detached from reality.
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Lucas Fauno Gutiérrez, with illustrations by Jon Amarillo, aims to give a less solemn tone to a debate that, sometimes, in its careful handling, becomes invisible or distant from reality. "Bicho y yo is a comic strip in which we ask ourselves what it would be like to live with HIV, literally. The weight, the exposure, the daily life, and more, all in a drawn format that mirrors reality," says Lucas Fauno Gutiérrez.
READ MORE: “HIV won’t kill me, your indifference will,” By Lucas Gutiérrez
Fauno is an activist, performer, writer, and journalist (he writes for Presentes, Buzzfeed in Spanish, Página/12, among other publications). Amarillo is an illustrator and comic book artist. They met this year as drag hosts at the Warhol, a party held every Friday in Buenos Aires. And together they embarked on this experiment in graphic artivism.Starting this Friday, find in Presentes the adventures of Bicho, Fauno and the whole pack of friends who learn day by day, strip by strip, to live with HIV
READ MORE: Bicho and I Fanpage
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