The University of Guadalajara, through a project created by the Environmental Sciences Museum as part of the University’s Cultural Center, and with the support of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, has established the José Emilio Pacheco City and Nature Award. The prize, which will be given for the first time this year, will be dedicated to poetry. The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will be given a purse of US $10,000. The award is dedicated to poet José Emilio Pacheco, whose work explores the duality between cities and nature.
Created by the University of Guadalajara, and with the collaboration of the National Institute for Indigenous Languages, the Culture Ministry, the National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Cultures and Jalisco’s Department of Education, the American Indigenous Literature Award is granted to enrich, protect and promote the legacy and richness of Mexico’s indigenous peoples through literature in all its forms, and to and acknowledge and further develop the careers and works of indigenous authors. The award, which carries a purse of US $25,000, will be given for the fourth time at the 2016 FIL Guadalajara.
The SM Ibero-American Award for Literature for Children and Young People was implemented in 2005, the year of Ibero-American literature, with the goal of promoting literature for children and young people throughout Ibero-America. The award is given out each year during the Guadalajara International Book Fair to recognize writers of literature for children and young people and carries a purse of US $30,000.
Juan Carlos Quezadas
Karime Cardona Cury
With the goal of creating a network that helps to encourage the work of illustrators of books for children and young people in Ibero-America, the SM Foundation and the FIL Guadalajara invites illustrators to submit their work to be included in the Annual Ibero-American Illustration Catalog. The 45 works selected will be displayed in an exposition at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. In addition, illustrators will have the opportunity to work on an illustrated book with Ediciones SM and the winner will be given US $5,000. You can find more information at: www.iberoamericailustra.com
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FILustra
Activities for Professionals
FILustra
Opening Ceremony
Creative Reflections: A Two-Way Journey
The Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), in collaboration with the Professional Association of Illustrators of Euskadi and the Irudika International Meeting, will celebrate the eleventh edition of FILustra. Both events have established themselves as key references in the field of illustration, providing a vital space for professional development and creative exchange on an international scale.
FILustra and Irudika will highlight the diversity and depth of contemporary illustration, as well as the importance of building bridges between cultures and diverse artistic visions. Through panel discussions, talks, and workshops, the events will encourage dialogue and creative exchange among illustrators from various fields, strengthening the global community of creators and illustration enthusiasts.
This year, both meetings will be drivers of change and transformation in the world of illustration, reaffirming their commitment to art, culture, and the professional development of the sector.
Participants: Elisabeth Pérez, Armando Montes de Santiago, Kike Infame, Estibaliz Zearsolo
Armando Montes de Santiago
For the past 18 years, she has worked on the organizing committee of the FIL, where she was responsible for international sales for many years. She is currently in charge of the General Coordination of Exhibitors and Professionals, as well as other important projects for the FIL, such as the Comic + Graphic Novel Hall and Books to Taste.
Other activities involving the participant:
Opening Ceremony
Presentation of: Foráneo
Presentation of the Pura Pinche Fortaleza Graphic Novel Award
Activities for Professionals
FILustra
Illustrating the Journey
Creative Reflections: A Two-Way Journey
The Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), in collaboration with the Professional Association of Illustrators of Euskadi and the Irudika International Meeting, will celebrate the eleventh edition of FILustra. Both events have established themselves as key references in the field of illustration, providing a vital space for professional development and creative exchange on an international scale.
FILustra and Irudika will highlight the diversity and depth of contemporary illustration, as well as the importance of building bridges between cultures and diverse artistic visions. Through panel discussions, talks, and workshops, the events will encourage dialogue and creative exchange among illustrators from various fields, strengthening the global community of creators and illustration enthusiasts.
This year, both meetings will be drivers of change and transformation in the world of illustration, reaffirming their commitment to art, culture, and the professional development of the sector.
Participants: Isidro Ferrer, Miju Lee
Moderator: Araiz Mesanza
Virtual participation: William Grill
Isidro Ferrer
Invitado de HonorHe is an illustrator and graphic designer whose work spans a vast physical and emotional geography. A graduate in dramatic arts and scenography, Isidro Ferrer is a graphic artist in the broadest sense of the term: he is the creator of hundreds of posters, book covers, objects, toys, editorial design, monumental infographics, animated shorts, textiles, brand imagery, sculptures, and lamps. Any medium, technique, or communication channel serves him to express with images his passion for the theater of life.
As an illustrator, he has published over 50 books, including: El vuelo de la razón (1993, Ministry of Culture Award for Best Edited Book); Yo me lo guiso, yo me lo como (1996, Laus Silver Award for Illustration); El verano y sus amigos (1996, Lazarillo Award for Illustration); En Cosme i el monstre Menjamots (2000, Serra d’Or Criticism Award); Una casa para el abuelo (2003, Daniel Gil Award for Illustration; 2006, Junceda Award for Illustration); Libro de las preguntas (2006, AEPD Award and Cálamo Award); Un jardín (2017, Bologna Ragazzi Award Mention); Enciclopedia visual de los sonidos (2022, BRAW Amazing Bookshelf. Bologna Children’s Book Fair); Frankenstein o el Prometeo moderno (2023, National Award for Best University Edition); Piedra a piedra (2023, Ministry of Culture Award for Best Edited Book).
His work has been exhibited in numerous countries across Europe, America, and Asia. He has received the National Design Award in 2002 and the National Illustration Award in 2006. Since 2000, he has been a member of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale).
Other activities involving the participant:
Design Beyond the Book: Publishers Who Understand Typography
Activities for Professionals
FILustra
Illustrating the Difficult
Creative Reflections: A Two-Way Journey
The Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), in collaboration with the Professional Association of Illustrators of Euskadi and the Irudika International Meeting, will celebrate the eleventh edition of FILustra. Both events have established themselves as key references in the field of illustration, providing a vital space for professional development and creative exchange on an international scale.
FILustra and Irudika will highlight the diversity and depth of contemporary illustration, as well as the importance of building bridges between cultures and diverse artistic visions. Through panel discussions, talks, and workshops, the events will encourage dialogue and creative exchange among illustrators from various fields, strengthening the global community of creators and illustration enthusiasts.
This year, both meetings will be drivers of change and transformation in the world of illustration, reaffirming their commitment to art, culture, and the professional development of the sector.
Participants: Francisca Yáñez, Yolanda Mosquera
Moderator: Higinia Garay
Virtual participation: Marion Fayolle
Francisca Yáñez
Visual artist, illustrator, and designer based in Santiago, Chile. She grew up in exile across various countries, including Argentina, Germany, and Costa Rica. Her work focuses on institutions and publishing houses related to culture, education, and human rights, and is deeply influenced by her childhood experiences of displacement and the blend of cultures and influences. Her itinerant project on childhood and migration, "From a Country Without a Name," travels to different cities around the world. As an illustrator and author, she won the Marta Brunet Award from the Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage in 2018.
Activities for Professionals
FILustra
Illustrating, Narrating: From Comics to Film
Creative Reflections: A Two-Way Journey
The Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), in collaboration with the Professional Association of Illustrators of Euskadi and the Irudika International Meeting, will celebrate the eleventh edition of FILustra. Both events have established themselves as key references in the field of illustration, providing a vital space for professional development and creative exchange on an international scale.
FILustra and Irudika will highlight the diversity and depth of contemporary illustration, as well as the importance of building bridges between cultures and diverse artistic visions. Through panel discussions, talks, and workshops, the events will encourage dialogue and creative exchange among illustrators from various fields, strengthening the global community of creators and illustration enthusiasts.
This year, both meetings will be drivers of change and transformation in the world of illustration, reaffirming their commitment to art, culture, and the professional development of the sector.
Participants: Javier Mariscal, Bea Lema, Lale Sonja Westivind
Moderator: Raisa Álava
Javier Mariscal
Invitado de HonorWho, in 2050, will turn 100 years old, is a creator who has worked across various disciplines and on a wide range of mediums without showing any particular preference. Graphic design, furniture design, painting, sculpture, interior design, urban landscape, gardening, horticulture... all are part of his professional and personal activities. He enjoys just as much looking at a painting by Klee as riding an escalator or driving his scooter along a coastal road. Sometimes, he cannot distinguish between an appliance, a person, or a chair; everything has volume, and they are images that think, laugh, and cry. Each image that appears on his retina, each daily experience, is processed without prejudice in his visual memory, and then emerges in his work.
His first comic strip was published in the mid-seventies in several fanzines of the time. He played a very active role in the Movida and the visual revolution of Spanish comics with his characters Los Garriris (1974). He is known for creating Cobi, the mascot of the Barcelona '92 Olympics, and for the sculpture Gambrinus, located at the Moll de la Fusta.
In 2008, he co-directed with Fernando Trueba the animated film Chico & Rita, which was internationally recognized, won Goya Awards, and was nominated for the 2012 Oscars. In 2023, they released their second animated film, Dispararon al pianista.
Bea Lema
Invitado de HonorShe is an illustrator and comic author. She uses embroidery and weaving as mediums to transfer her images. Her work, generally autobiographical, addresses themes related to madness, trauma, family relationships, religion, and popular rituals.
In 2018, she published O Corpo de Cristo, which won the XII Premio Castelao from the Diputación de A Coruña. El cuerpo de Cristo (Astiberri, 2023), based on the previous edition, has been published in France and Italy, and will be released in Portugal soon. The project was awarded a grant for a graphic novel residency at the Maison des Auteurs in 2022, thanks to Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and the Cité Internationale de la Bande dessinée et de L’image, with the collaboration of the French Embassy in Spain. In 2024, she received the France Télévisions Public Award for this work at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, a globally recognized event.
Other activities involving the participant:
Arpilleras Workshop
Lale Sonja Westivind
Lale is an animator/illustrator based in Pennsylvania, USA. Her work has been published internationally in Kramers Ergot (USA), Strapazin (CH), Lagon Revue (FR), La Cruda Negra (ES), The Lifted Brow (AU), Hidden Champion (JP), and many others. Her animated music video for Lightning Bolt's "Metal East" won an award at LIFF in 2015. She has self-published over a dozen comics and two anthologies. Her comic Hot Dog Beach #2 won an Ignatz Award in 2012. She received a Koyama Provides grant in 2022 to create her comic series Void Packer. Her book Grip has been published in four languages and received critical acclaim. Original artwork from her pages was exhibited at the Formula Bula festival in Paris in 2023 and at the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery in Philadelphia this year. Perfectly Acceptable Press in Chicago published a collection of her work titled Grand Electric Thought Power Mother this year. Her solo art exhibition in Treviso, Italy, with Strane Dizioni during this year's TCBF coincided with the release of a new book titled Becoming Being. Next year, a mural she designed will be exhibited at Philadelphia Airport, and Breakdown Press will publish a new art book titled Hax Memora.
Activities for Professionals
FILustra
Illustrating the Oral, Performing the Written
Creative Reflections: A Two-Way Journey
The Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), in collaboration with the Professional Association of Illustrators of Euskadi and the Irudika International Meeting, will celebrate the eleventh edition of FILustra. Both events have established themselves as key references in the field of illustration, providing a vital space for professional development and creative exchange on an international scale.
FILustra and Irudika will highlight the diversity and depth of contemporary illustration, as well as the importance of building bridges between cultures and diverse artistic visions. Through panel discussions, talks, and workshops, the events will encourage dialogue and creative exchange among illustrators from various fields, strengthening the global community of creators and illustration enthusiasts.
This year, both meetings will be drivers of change and transformation in the world of illustration, reaffirming their commitment to art, culture, and the professional development of the sector.
Participants: Styles Osunde, Gibrán Turón, Elena Odriozola, Tereza Říčanová
Moderator: Maria Barriga
Activities for Professionals
FILustra
Illustrating the Everyday and Other Mediums
Creative Reflections: A Two-Way Journey
The Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), in collaboration with the Professional Association of Illustrators of Euskadi and the Irudika International Meeting, will celebrate the eleventh edition of FILustra. Both events have established themselves as key references in the field of illustration, providing a vital space for professional development and creative exchange on an international scale.
FILustra and Irudika will highlight the diversity and depth of contemporary illustration, as well as the importance of building bridges between cultures and diverse artistic visions. Through panel discussions, talks, and workshops, the events will encourage dialogue and creative exchange among illustrators from various fields, strengthening the global community of creators and illustration enthusiasts.
This year, both meetings will be drivers of change and transformation in the world of illustration, reaffirming their commitment to art, culture, and the professional development of the sector.
Participants: María Luque, Leire Urbeltz
Moderator: Miguel Ramal
Virtual participation: M. Oliver Lamothe
María Luque
María Luque was born in Rosario and lives in Buenos Aires. Since 2005, she has exhibited her work in museums and galleries in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Mexico, and Spain. She works as an editorial illustrator and coordinates workshops. In 2011, she created the project “Merienda dibujo,” a series of meetings with artists. She is a co-founder of the Festival Furioso de Dibujo. She participated in “Informe, historieta argentina del siglo XXI,” published by Editorial Municipal de Rosario.
She is the author of La mano del pintor, a graphic novel about Cándido López (Sigilo, 2016; L'Agrume Éditions 2017; Lote 42 2019), Casa transparente (Sexto Piso, Premio Novela Gráfica Ciudades Iberoamericanas), Espuma (Galería Editorial, 2018), Noticias de pintores (Sigilo, 2019), and Corazón geométrico (Sigilo, 2022). In 2022, she received a Konex Award, Diploma of Merit in Humor and Comic.
Leire Urbeltz
Invitado de HonorShe is a PhD candidate at the William A. Douglass Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA; holds a master’s degree in research and creation in art, and a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the University of the Basque Country. She studied creative illustration and visual communication techniques at the EINA School, linked to the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), and a master’s degree in illustrated children's books at the Escuela i con i in Matadero-Madrid. She has participated in various international residencies, including at the Seoul Museum of Art-Nanji Residency (South Korea), the Centro Cultural El Paso del Norte in Ciudad Juárez (Mexico), and the Manga Art Studio in Beijing (China). She was an artist-in-residence at the Fundación BilbaoArte in 2012, won the first prize at the Encuentros Arte Joven de Navarra in 2015, and received grants from the Government of Navarra's Creation Aid in 2023 and 2016. In 2017, she received a Leonardo Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators from the Fundación BBVA. She has held several solo exhibitions in El Paso (Texas), Bilbao, and Vitoria, and has participated in group exhibitions in Seoul, Barcelona, Madrid, Bilbao, Vitoria, Pamplona, Cáceres, Bradford, and Beijing. As an illustrator, she has published several children's and young adult books and designed the image for the Basque Book and Music Fair, among others. She has worked as a muralist for various institutions and urban art festivals. She was a member of the Department of Art Education at the Huarte Contemporary Art Center and an art mediator for the city council of Pamplona, Azkuna Zentroa, and the Communauté d’agglomération Pays Basque-Euskal Hirigune Elkargoa. She has worked as an associate professor at the Public University of Navarra, teaching art education in the primary education degree program.
Activities for Professionals
FILustra
Illustrating the Urban and the Rural
Creative Reflections: A Two-Way Journey
The Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), in collaboration with the Professional Association of Illustrators of Euskadi and the Irudika International Meeting, will celebrate the eleventh edition of FILustra. Both events have established themselves as key references in the field of illustration, providing a vital space for professional development and creative exchange on an international scale.
FILustra and Irudika will highlight the diversity and depth of contemporary illustration, as well as the importance of building bridges between cultures and diverse artistic visions. Through panel discussions, talks, and workshops, the events will encourage dialogue and creative exchange among illustrators from various fields, strengthening the global community of creators and illustration enthusiasts.
This year, both meetings will be drivers of change and transformation in the world of illustration, reaffirming their commitment to art, culture, and the professional development of the sector.
Participants: Violeta Lopiz, Mantraste
Moderator: Maite Caballero
Virtual participation: Brench Evens
Mantraste
Mantraste (Bruno Reis Santos), born in 1988, is a Portuguese illustrator and author. He is currently a professor of illustration at ESAD.CR, the institution where he earned his degree in Illustration in 2009 and graduated in Graphic Design in 2013.
He has been involved in several community projects, including “O Meu Bairro do Futuro,” Inminent Community Artistic Workshops in Alta de Lisboa (2021), and “Subimos Junt_s?”, a hand-painted tile panel created with students from APPACDM and E. S. Campos Melo, featured in Wool+, Covilhã (2024). He was also part of the Tasco residency in Viana do Alentejo (2021 and 2022).
He has had several solo and group exhibitions, including “Uma Specie de Livro” at Casa Abysmo (FOLIO 2023) and “Este Fardo Carreguei-o Eu” at Stolen Books (Lisbon, 2020).
In addition to his work on children's books as an illustrator, such as “Voltas e Reviravoltas” by Ana Maria Magalhães and Isabel Alçada (Assembleia da República Portuguesa, 2023) and “Mão Verde II” by Capicua (2022), he has several of his own publications, including “A Sebenta do Diabo” (Stolen Books, 2017) and “The Tree as an Antenna to a Spiritual Revolution” (Stolen Books, 2020).
He views his work as a form of reflection on himself and others, with a continuous interest in expressions of popular art and craftsmanship.
Activities for Professionals
FILustra
Ibero-America Illustrates 2024 Award
Creative Reflections: A Two-Way Journey
The Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), in collaboration with the Professional Association of Illustrators of Euskadi and the Irudika International Meeting, will celebrate the eleventh edition of FILustra. Both events have established themselves as key references in the field of illustration, providing a vital space for professional development and creative exchange on an international scale.
FILustra and Irudika will highlight the diversity and depth of contemporary illustration, as well as the importance of building bridges between cultures and diverse artistic visions. Through panel discussions, talks, and workshops, the events will encourage dialogue and creative exchange among illustrators from various fields, strengthening the global community of creators and illustration enthusiasts.
This year, both meetings will be drivers of change and transformation in the world of illustration, reaffirming their commitment to art, culture, and the professional development of the sector.
Participant: Martha Saint
Martha Saint
Martha Saint (Sushi con K-tsup) es originaria de la Ciudad de México, actualmente reside en Montreal. Se formó como historiadora del arte en el Claustro de Sor Juana. Al mismo tiempo practica pintura de manera autodidacta. Desde el 2016 expone su trabajo en diversas galerías, museos y bienales. En el 2019 toma un seminario en edición y publicación de libros impresos y electrónicos que la encamina a trabajar como ilustradora. En 2022, se muda a Montréal y realiza una formación en diseño gráfico. Martha Saint ha trabajado para clientes nacionales e internacionales tales como Editorial Planeta México, Tierra Adentro, Editorial Podimo, Little White Lies, Liberté y Dieu du Ciel.
Program for Illustrators
Activities for Professionals
Program for Illustrators
New Observatory of Graphic Illustration: From Local to International
The Salon of Illustrators is a platform held during the first weekend of the FIL Guadalajara, aimed at connecting the general public with the captivating world of illustration.
In this space, activities open to all attendees will be offered, including book presentations, on the afternoon of Monday, December 2nd.
Participants: Manuel Marsol, Jesús Cisneros, Arnal Ballester
Moderator: Elisabeth Pérez
Manuel Marsol
Invitado de Honor(Madrid, 1984) se ha convertido en pocos años en un referente internacional del álbum ilustrado, traducido a más de diez idiomas, con prestigiosos reconocimientos como el Premio Internacional de Ilustración Bologna Children’s Book Fair (Italia), el Amadora BD (Portugal) o el Pépite Livre Illustré (Francia).
En España la mayoría de su trabajo ha sido publicado por Fulgencio Pimentel, con títulos como El tiempo del Gigante (2016) y Yôkai (2017), coescritos con Carmen Chica; Duelo al Sol (2018) o Mvsevm (2019), este último en colaboración con Javier Sáez Castán. Su álbum ilustrado, Astro (2023, Fulgencio Pimentel), ha sido elogiado por la crítica e incluido entre lo mejor del año en medios como La Vanguardia o el diario ABC.
También ha ilustrado novelas como La metamorfosis de Kafka (2015, Astro Rey), La Venus de las pieles, de Sacher-Masoch (2016, Sexto Piso), El gato de Brasil, de Conan Doyle (2016, Ekaré) o Robinson Crusoe, de Defoe (2022, Alma); el ensayo de Leslie Stephen Elogio del caminar (2024, Nórdica), así como cubiertas para Anagrama, Babelia (El País), Libros del K.O. o Barrett, artículos para la revista Líbero o portadas de discos para los grupos Jonston o The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness.
Además, ha realizado charlas, workshops o exposiciones en lugares como el Caixa Forum (Madrid), Taipei Book Fair (Taiwán), Fotokino (Francia), BD à Bastia (Francia), FIL (Guadalajara, México), Fundação José Saramago (Lisboa), Red Itiner (Madrid), Bienal de Ilustración (Croacia) o el Almería Western Film Festival. Su trabajo aparece en Picturebook Makers (2022, dPICTUS) junto a otros once reconocidos autores internacionales de álbum ilustrado.
Instagram: @manuelmarsol
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Jesús Cisneros
Invitado de Honor(Zaragoza, 1969) estudió historia del arte e ilustración. Ha expuesto su obra en muestras individuales y colectivas en Ciudad de México, Barcelona, Estambul, Estrasburgo, Marsella, Oporto, Seúl y Zaragoza. Asimismo, ha colaborado como ilustrador en más de 30 libros publicados por editoriales nacionales e internacionales.
Ha recibido el Premio Lazarillo de Ilustración, mención especial en la Bienal Ilustrarte, el Premio I Colori del Sacro, y ha sido seleccionado en tres ocasiones en la muestra de ilustradores de la Feria del Libro de Bolonia.
Desde hace varios años alterna su actividad creativa con la docencia, un campo que ha nutrido su trabajo contribuyendo a la enseñanza de la ilustración como profesión artística. Actualmente vive en Zaragoza.
Arnal Ballester
Invitado de HonorNací en Barcelona, en 1955, y la ilustración de libros ha sido una de mis principales ocupaciones. Ha dado obras como La boca risueña (texto de Montse Ginesta); No Tinc Paraules; Chamario (texto de Eduardo Polo y prefacio de Eugenio Montejo); Don Queharé (texto de Ruth Vilar); Una pierna (texto de Carlos Grassa Toro); El Gran Zoo (texto de Nicolás Guillén); El día antes de la revolución (texto de Ursula K. Le Guin); Calle de sentido único (texto de Walter Benjamin) o De una batalla perdida (texto de Svetlana Alexiévich).
En conjunto han sido unos 80 títulos, algunas de ellos galardonados en certámenes internacionales del libro, como, por ejemplo, la Feria de Bolonia, y todos reconocidos en 2008 con el Premio Nacional de Ilustración, con el que el Ministerio de Cultura del Gobierno español distinguía por primera vez la trayectoria de un ilustrador del país.
Pero muchísimo más importante que todo esto es que me han hecho sentir que no malgastaba mi tiempo, algo que también ha sucedido con mis piezas de animación para festivales, fundaciones o televisiones, que es otra de mis pasiones, y de forma muy especial, con los 30 años de dedicación a la enseñanza de la narración visual en la Escola Massana d’Art i Disseny de Barcelona.
En definitiva, un privilegio.
Activities for Professionals
Program for Illustrators
Social Context: Album and Comic as Engines of Change
The Salon of Illustrators is a platform held during the first weekend of the FIL Guadalajara, aimed at connecting the general public with the captivating world of illustration.
In this space, activities open to all attendees will be offered, including book presentations, on the afternoon of Monday, December 2nd.
Participants: Ana Penyas, Magius, Luci Gutiérrez
Moderator: Kike Infame
Ana Penyas
Invitado de Honor(Valencia, 1987) es una ilustradora y autora de cómic. En 2016 ganó el VII Catálogo Iberoamericano Ilustra con la serie Buscando un sitio. En 2017 recibió el Premio Internacional de Novela Gráfica Fnac-Salamandra Graphic gracias al cual publicó su primera novela gráfica Estamos todas bien (2017, Salamandra Graphic) donde habla de sus abuelas y la generación de mujeres crecidas en el franquismo y por el que recibió el Premio de autora revelación nacional del Salón del Cómic de Barcelona y el Premio Nacional de Cómic 2018.
Ha publicado diversos álbumes ilustrados, donde destacan sus trabajos en torno a la memoria histórica: En transición (2017, Barlin libros) y Mexique, el nombre del barco (2017, El Zorro Rojo). Ha colaborado como ilustradora en diversos proyectos feministas como la revista Pikara Magazine, el calendario Jo tambè vaig ser piquetera, o el cuaderno ilustrado Biosindicalismo desde los territorios domésticos (2021, La Laboratoria y Fundación Rosa Luxemburgo).
En 2021 publicó Todo bajo el sol (2018, Salamandra Graphic), una reflexión sobre la transformación de la costa mediterránea española a raíz del turismo, por el que ganó el Premio Éco-Fauve RAJA por Sous le soleil en el Festival de la Bande Dessinée d’Angoulême (2023, 50 édition) y el Premio ACDCómic a la mejor obra nacional 2021.
En 2022 desarrolló junto con la antropóloga Alba Herrero Garcés En una casa. Genealogía del trabajo del hogar y los cuidados, en el Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, IVAM (11/2022-04/2023). La exposición proponía un diálogo entre la etnografía y la creación artística ampliando la memoria colectiva, subalterna, a partir de la experiencia de trabajadoras y empleadoras.
Actualmente está trabajando en un nuevo cómic, de nuevo con Salamandra Graphic, que se publicará en otoño de 2025.
Magius
Invitado de Honor(Murcia, 1981) es un autor de cómics. Adoptó su seudónimo en 2001, en homenaje al monje miniaturista del siglo X del mismo nombre, el cual es una referencia medieval muy importante en su trabajo. En 1998 se inició en el mundo de los fanzines, con uno de terror cómico estudiantil. El 10 de septiembre de 2001 publicó el fanzine Black Metal Comix, y en 2012 compiló las mejores historietas en un tomo de 200 páginas. Black Metal Comix narra en sus páginas las salvajes historias reales de bandas de black metal, siempre en un tono de humor negro. A partir de 2012 realizó fanzines como Murcia, Clásicos caninos o Hammon. Para publicar todos estos fanzines ha ido alternando los seudónimos de Magius y Yo, Perro, usando este último para representar historias protagonizadas por personajes zoomorfos.
En la primavera de 2015 la editorial Entrecómics Cómics le publicó un álbum titulado Murcia, donde amplió la historia que ya apareció en un par de fanzines en 2013, del mismo título. Murcia es un tebeo donde la particular ciudad es la protagonista, sacando a la luz los aspectos pintorescos de las costumbres y tradiciones propias. En abril de 2018 la editorial Autsaider Cómics le publicó la novela gráfica El Método Gemini, una historia de mafiosos italoestadounidenses en el Nueva York de la década de los setenta, al más puro estilo Scorsese.
El 16 de julio de 2020 se publicó la novela gráfica Primavera para Madrid, una crónica ficticia, pero casi periodística, inspirada en diversos casos de corrupción en la política. Por esta misma obra recibió, en octubre de 2021, el Premio Nacional de Cómic, otorgado por el Ministerio de Cultura de España.
Luci Gutiérrez
Invitado de Honor(Barcelona, 1977), desde que concluyó sus estudios de ilustración en la Escuela Massana de Barcelona en 2001, ha trabajado en campos tan diversos como la publicidad, la prensa y los libros.
En 2007 residió una temporada en Nueva York. No llegó a dominar el inglés, pero dibujó y escribió lo suficiente como para hacer English Is Not Easy, un libro para aprenderlo y del cual se han hecho numerosas ediciones por todo el mundo.
En 2019 publicó Manual de autodefensa, su segundo libro de autoría total, que deja bien claro que la vida, como el inglés, no es cosa fácil.
Además, es autora de las ilustraciones de Las mujeres y los hombres, premiado en la Feria de Bolonia en 2016, y de otros títulos de la editorial italiana Orecchio Acerbo como L’albergo delle fiabe, Miss Galassia y La valigia delle carabattole.
Y de su estancia americana también quedaron las colaboraciones regulares en The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal o el The New Yorker, donde ilustra semanalmente la sección Shouts & Murmurs.
Más recientemente, su trabajo ha sido reconocido con el Premio de la Society of Illustrators de Nueva York; el Premio Gràffica, otorgado por profesionales del diseño y de la comunicación visual de España, y en 2023 recibió el Premio Nacional de Ilustración otorgado por el Ministerio de Cultura.