H.G. Santarriaga, a Mexican comic book artist well-known for his visual style and ability to address a variety of genders, is one the authors that has been expanding the visual and narrative devices to speak about the contemporary Mexico.

The case of Ingrid Escamilla reveals the importance of alternative narratives that transform the process of reception and understanding situations like this one. Authors like HG Santarriaga, in the graphic narratives flied, uses a series of visual and narrative mechanisms to speak about topics like violence against women, human trafficking, prostitution and the annulation the human condition which differ from the treatment and approach of mass media and social media to these topics.

On the last two years, Santarriaga published a collection of graphic novels entitled Sueños rotos (Broken dreams) which, from the point of view of a female protagonist, based on true stories and verified facts, speak about prostitution and human trafficking. After a process of research and the study of different cases, the artist created a fictional narration that addresses, with more fidelity, the problem of violence against women than the mass media does in Mexico.

Carolina Gonzalez - Broken dreams/Broken wings: an interpretation of violence against women through Mexican graphic narratives