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The 2019 Mandarache Prize begins its cycle of encounters with the finalist authors.
On January 16 and 17, the writer Isaac Rosa and the cartoonist Mikko (Miguel Echevarría) visit Cartagena to present the graphic novel with which they are candidates for this edition: Your future begins here (Ink Cloud, 2017).
On Wednesday, January 16 at 10 am there will be a meeting with the media in the Board Room of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena.
The event will be attended by the Councilor for Culture and Youth of Cartagena, David Martínez Noguera.
At 10:30 am, the authors will have a meeting with 600 high school students, in the Auditorium of the UPCT.
At 5:00 pm, a special session will be held in the Mandatache Libreta workshop in the ARQUA museum library.
At 7:30 p.m., there will be a meeting open to the general public at the Cajamurcia Foundation of Cartagena.
On Thursday, January 17 at 9 am, Isaac Roca and Mikko will talk about their graphic work with students of IES San Isidoro.
At 11 o'clock, the writers will have a meeting with 200 high school students, at the Fundación Caja Mediterráneo (Main Street).
It is an unprecedented occasion because it is the first time that the comic enters the official Mandarache Prize program, that this school year celebrates a Special Edition of Graphic Novel in order to claim this genre in the field of reading education.
Thus, the work of Isaac Rosa and Mikko are joined in competition by two other graphic novels: Lamia by Rayco Pulido (National Comic Book Award in 2017) and Los surcos del azar by Paco Roca (Critic Award 2014 for the best work and to the best national scriptwriter), whose authors will also visit Cartagena in the months of February and April respectively.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Isaac Rosa (Seville, 1979).
He is one of the most critical writers and committed to social causes of his generation.
He has published the novels Another damn novel about the civil war!
and El vano yesterday, which was awarded in 2005 with the Rómulo Gallegos Prize, the Critical Eye Award and the Andalucía Crítca Prize;
was Mandarache finalist in 2012 with El país del miedo, awarded
with the José Manuel Lara Foundation Prize in 2009;
The dark room, Cálamo Prize «Book of the year» in 2013 and Prize of the magazine Quimera to the best book of narrative of the year in 2014. Here he lived.
History of an eviction (Cloud of ink, 2017) was his first foray as a screenwriter of graphic novel.
Mikko (Valencia, 1985).
Mikko is Miguel Echeverría, a freelance illustrator from Valencia, where he lives and works.
With an agile style that combines the immediacy of hand drawing and the cleanliness of digital media, Mikko creates eye-catching images that connect with the viewer.
His illustrations are based on day-to-day observation and are characterized by a clean line of Franco-Belgian influence and an outstanding use of color.
His personal work often revolves around doubt, nostalgia and effervescence, finding inspiration by rebuilding lives that others have left behind and capturing their memories in small everyday scenes.
ABOUT THE WORK
Your future starts here (Nube de tinta, 2017) is the new graphic novel by Isaac Rosa and Mikko about the Nini generation and the young without a future.
Work, future, studies, youth, failure ... All this is what Lola has in her head during a summer when she plays a lot.
Around him: parents who expect everything from her, a precarious reality and a brother, Jorge, who has thrown in the towel like so many young people, the so-called «ninis».
What Lola and Jorge can not imagine is that an innocent gesture can end up becoming a surprising revolt and a form of hope.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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