My voice no longer needs my body...
Even if I am called Billie Holiday alone.

Billie Holiday, such was her fate, lived many lives. Lives that were simultaneous, intersecting, tangled like the threads of a skein, with so many unimaginable delights to share with everyone, with that laughter that erupted against the backdrop of death, with her wild passion for men and with the energy to live them all, all those lives, a thousand times each.

More than a hundred years after her birth, Billie Holiday’s unparalleled voice continues to enchant, and her fate continues to fascinate as few others do.

Carlos Sampayo (b. 1943) is an Argentinian writer, best known for his work in comics, particularly in collaboration with artist José Muñoz. He left Argentina for political reasons in the early 1970s and lived in Italy, France, and eventually settled in Spain. He is also a poet as well as a literary and music critic (especially of jazz).

José Muñoz (b. 1942) is a distinguished Argentinian comics artist. He is especially known for his influential black-and-white visual style. In 1972, he moved to Spain and then to Italy, where he began collaborating with Argentinian writer Carlos Sampayo. His style is characterized by sharp lines, intense chiaroscuro, and exaggerated, sometimes grotesque, faces and figures.