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It's another "walk through memory lane" day and today, while talking to folks about some ancient* Puerto Rican fandom history that I personally was involved with, I got to mentioning Zahíra: The Chosen Flame by José Trinidad.

A manga-influenced local comic in Puerto Rico, it was a fantasy story about a wandering elf, the Zahíra in question, and the journey she had to make to defend the world from the evil lord who ruled it. More or less, is what I remember--aside from the influences it wore on its heart from series like Slayers and Lodoss War.

It only lasted two issues because the creator couldn't take much more risk on working on it while also balancing his real life job. Something had to give and he chose financial stability. In a place like Puerto Rico, only very few get to balance comics and money well--emphasis on "very few." It was a shame, and to be frank, a tragedy. This IMO had the stylings of becoming a fantasy classic for local comics.

Maybe someday I will get my own copies out of storage and scan them to share. In the meantime, I recommend reading the first comic that someone graciously posted on Reddit. Being published in Puerto Rico, it's obviously in Spanish, so bear that in mind:

1/2: old.reddit.com/r/BORICUA/comme

2/2: new.reddit.com/r/BORICUA/comme

InkStain Comics, the publisher: web.archive.org/web/2006011422 along with an interview (in Spanish): web.archive.org/web/2004120901

Trinidad's devianart: deviantart.com/dakuna/gallery/

*2000s, but that's ancient both by the standards of me and by people 20 yrs younger than me.