La Balada del Norte is a graphic novel by Spanish author Alfonso Zapico set in Asturias, Spain in 1934. It tells the story of Tristán, the son of a wealthy coal mine owner, who comes to Asturias to start a newspaper and meets Isolina, the daughter of a coal miner. Tristán discovers that Isolina's father is organizing a major strike against the mine owners, putting Tristán in a difficult position of whether to tell his father and lose Isolina or keep it secret and get in trouble. The story explores the poor conditions faced by miners in 1930s Spain through the developing relationship between Tristán and Isolina against the

1. LA BALADA DEL NORTE
BY ELOY DEL GALLEGO

2. AUTHOR-ALFONSO ZAPICO
He was born in 1981
He studied arts in Oviedo.
His first comics were published in France,where his books had a great critic
He published many great comics such as `cafe Budapest´ or `La guerra del
profesor Bertenev´

3. CHARACTERS
Isolina Tristán Apolonio
There is also another main character , the conde of montecorvo but I could´nt find
a pic of him

4. Plot and theme
The story is about a boy (Tristan) that comes from Madrid to Asturias to start a
newspaper with the money of his father (Conde of Montecorvo) who has got many
coal mines in Asturias.Once Tristán arrives Asturias meets Isolina , the daughter
of Apolonio (a miner) they start to meet and one day Tristán discovers that
Isolina´s father is organising a big strike against the mines owners. This makes
Tristán feel confused about telling this to his father and losing Isolina or not telling
it and get in trouble

5. Where it takes place?
It takes place in Asturias and Madrid in the year 1934
This creates a grey scenery representing the poorness of the miners in those
years and the hard time that people in spain was passing through

6. Why did I chose this book?
I chose this book because I like history and this one its about the history of my
land so it has got all the things that I would like on a book.
I also chose it because I really like comics