‘Pact’ (New Nine), a A tribute to the history of the Bruguera factory bathed in black humor and less dark ‘suspense’and the first long study for adults from Cádiz deaf pacorose this Tuesday with National Comics AwardIt was equipped with 20,000 euros and donated by the Ministry of Culture. With that, Sordo has already won the Barcelona Comic’s Best Spanish Work award this year.
The jury awarded him the National Prize for “the genealogy study of the media”, which takes us back to the Bruguera era and reflects this legacy into the present and into the future. To Spanish comics for its original and fast-paced screenplay, which is a true tribute”.
The jury further concluded, “There are few works more unique and indicative of the strange times we live in than this seemingly humorous and deeply existential work. The work deftly plays with fact and fiction, while also giving us a story in print that is consistent with the author’s proposal”.
Sordo (Puerto de Santa María, 1979) establishes the ‘Pact’ in Barcelona in 1957, and a fictional writer named Gorriaga tries to kidnap legendary royal cartoonist Manolo Vázquez from Bruguera, father of ‘The Family Cebolleta’, among other TV series. He dreams that he has made a decision. ‘ and locks him in a cage and forces him to draw comics, which he then presents to the publisher as his own. Filled with ‘suspense’ and humor, this story reflects the piecemeal work of cartoonists for the publisher and the working conditions that are light years away from what they should be in terms of copyright.
The author also uses A style perfectly reminiscent of the Bruguera schoolit already introduces writers like Francisco Ibáñez, who talk about the cover itself (which evokes the design of “Juvenile Literary Jewels”), but also in colours, composition or typography, and Gorriaga as if he knew him.
A cartoonist, graphic designer, animator and illustrator, Sağır is the author of the ‘Internet, the Way to Employment’ series published in ‘El Jueves’ magazine between 2010-2014 and collaborated for the digital magazine ‘Pride and Satisfaction’. ‘Trash Comics’ series. He also illustrates comics and children’s books for both the Spanish and Franco-Belgian market.
It’s not the first comic vision of what Bruguera is from the inside. Two important writers have treated him in two works: Carlos Giménez in ‘The Professionals’ and Paco Roca in ‘The winter of the cartoonist’.
Last year, Murcian writer Magius won the National Comics Award for ‘Spring for Madrid’, an abrasive satire of political and commercial corruption in recent years.
This year’s jury consisted of María José Gálvez, Managing Director of Books and Reading Development, writers Ulises Ponce, Ana Miralles and Magius, distributors Mery Cuesta and Elisa McCausland, as well as Jesús González, Alejandro de Orbe, María José Gracia. , Alejandro Casasola, Juan Bordes and Marta del Moral.