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The writer Isaac Rosa and the illustrator Mikko, authors of the book 'Your future starts here' and finalists of the Mandarache 2019 Prize, have presented their work on Wednesday, January 16, to more than 600 young people in the Campus Muralla del Mar de la Polytechnic University of Cartagena.

The presentation before the event for young people was attended by the Councilor for Culture, David Martínez, the head of the UPCT Archive and a promoter member of 'Cartagena Piensa', Carmen Usero, and the two authors of the graphic novel, Isaac Rosa , the screenwriter, and the illustrator Mikko.

Isaac Rosa was already a finalist in the Mandarache Prize 2012 and in 2016, as well as he was part of La Mar de Letras in 2018. This time he collaborates with the cartoonist Mikko in the graphic novel 'Your future starts here', the first time a comic is presented to the Mandarache Prize.

'The Mandarache Prize is a project with great experience that serves as an example to bring reading to younger people' said the writer.

This book is an example of teamwork and has much to do with his previous work, 'History of an eviction', since it follows the line of covering the current situation of the country after the crisis.

In the case of 'Your future starts here', the authors deal with the current situation of today's young people who have stopped studying or who are unemployed and who face a very precarious work environment.

They affirm that this group is the most affected by the crisis in the last 15 years and they have wanted to capture the situation in which our educational and labor system is currently located, since we have highly trained young people, the so-called 'best-prepared generation of the history 'and that, even so, do not fit into the current labor market.

The book begins with a phrase widely heard on a daily basis: 'What do you want to be when you grow up?', A phrase that has already lost its meaning due to the situation we live in and which perfectly reflects the general transformation of the Spanish society.

With all this, the book has an optimistic tone, with a look towards the future and with a proposal of rebellion and mobilization for young people.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena