El precio del engaño
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- Hispanic AIDS Committee for Education and Resources (San Antonio, Tex.), issuing body.
- Publication:
- San Antonio, Texas : H.A.C.E.R., Hispanic AIDS Committee for Education and Resources, [between 1985 and 2000?]
- Language(s):
- Spanish
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- prevention & control Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- transmission Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Behavior
- Genre(s):
- Ephemera Graphic Novels
- Abstract:
- This image represents the cover of the comic book, "El precio del engaño," an AIDS education tool. The comic book uses real photographs rather than illustrations. The story involves a married couple and a mistress. The husband, Rudy, cheats on his wife, Marta, with this mistress, Lydia, who is infected with the AIDS virus. The virus is passed from Lydia to Rudy via drug use, but he shows no symptoms of complications from AIDS. His wife, however, gets the virus and falls very ill. He regrets his dishonesty, but she does not hold it against him. This black and white comic book has 41 pages and measures 28 x 21 cm.
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
- Extent:
- 1 comic book front cover : 28 x 21 cm
- Technique:
- black and white
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101719402 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101719402