Alicante Bullfighting Museum on 31st August Manolete’s 75th death anniversary With a lecture on the Córdoba bullfighter. Fernando Gonzalez Vinas will be responsible for presenting the speech Manolete, symbolism and reality at a scheduled event This Wednesday, it starts at 20:30.. González Viñas is a doctor of History and the author of four books about the Cordovan bullfighter: Manolete, biography of a sinvivir, Bullfighting Caliphs: art and life, Manolete’s sun and shadows Y Manolete and his time.
Councilor of the Plaza de Toros, Mari Carmen from SpainHe explains that “a city like Alicante, of which Manolete is a reference point, has to remember how it was, its social and bullfighting importance, and its valuable contribution to bullfighting.”
it will be on wednesday closed bullfight comics exhibition From arena to comics. Bulls and bullfighters between Superman and Rompetechos, curated by Fernando González himself. This exhibition, which was opened on July 19, More than 300 comics from around the worldIt has a significant presence in publications in Spain, the United States, France, and Japan. As the curator himself explains during the opening, he notes “how deeply rooted bullfights are in popular culture.”
In the exhibition, it was possible to see various examples from the first examples of the medium in its infancy. yellow boy In the 21st century, even this year’s graphic novels like the one that came out recently We will always have Pamplonaof the Jason, with Hemingway as the protagonist. Visitors were able to see century-old TBO examples It’s a defining element of many superhero comics, Mexican or Spanish, in which a bull roams freely between vignettes, sowing panic, but also where a trip to Mexico or Spain inevitably means the protagonist ends up in a bullfight.
Participants were given a free catalog of texts where the curator contextualized this unique comic book example. The exhibition was organized by the Alicante City Council.