Celebration of the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C.In Portraits: 12 Lives, 12 Journeys, an outstanding group of contemporary Spanish comics artists reimagines the expe¼riences of prominent Spaniards from fields such as literature, the arts, science, and popular culture who spent part of their lives in the United States.These stories are not conventional biographies; they do not seek to list achievements or summarize entire lives, but rather to explore the most intimate dimensions of emigration. Through the language of sequential art, each artist approa¼ches their subject from a personal perspective, whether docu¼mentary, poetic, symbolic, or even dreamlike. The result is a mosaic of voices and styles that reveals the complexity of living in another country while holding on to one's identity.