William S. Burroughs arrives in Mexico City in 1949 accompanied by Joan, his wife, stepdaughter Julie and Billy, his young son. Destined to become the most important contemporary experimental writer in the United States, the still young Bill barely flirts with the idea of ​​writing a novel. He ignores that two years later he will accidentally kill Joan with a shot to the head, during a stupid game of William Tell.

Uncle Bill tells the story of Burroughs’ cultural disagreement with Mexico, his previous setbacks before fleeing to the still provincial Federal District and the fatal accident, as well as his fleeting time in Lecumberri prison and the love-hate relationship that a reader can establish with the work of an author from whom time and space separate him, as well as the strange link that seems to unite them.

Uncle Bill is the most ambitious graphic novel by one of the most important Mexican storytellers and cartoonists.

“Bef delved into one of the most dramatic episodes in literature—the turbulent life of William S. Burroughs in Mexico—to create a masterpiece. An investigation into a murder and the mysteries of creativity, this graphic novel is also his autobiography. by Bef, the amazing artist who captures all the colors of the mind in black and white.”

Juan Villoro

“The story that every Mexican lover of underground culture knows (more or less), told in the best way by our comic star: Bef. A must read.”

Joselo Rangel (Café Tacvba)