Salmon Rissoles With No Egg

Just a few words of relief, and without much thought behind it, but with the testimonial of the urgency, on the other nominations in the Barcelona Comic Convention (that we care and are the subject of discussion because they are our awards ). First, the other nominees in the category that I choose I seem overwhelming: Yexus spent years writing about comics not only in their local area, but in virtually all journals that have existed in Spain for a long time Borja Crespo is the great promoter of national roost with its halls and countless activities, in addition to his journalistic work, and Pedro Porcel has a book out this year , swallowed by the abyss that was sorely needed in our country and that it is reference in our literature on comics. There are others who could be selected with the same merit as Tebeosfera components or Pepo Pérez, for example, but you can not stick to these three that have finally been chosen.

And once it has been clear, we go with another couple of things: my opinion on the candidates 'national' it can imagine anyone who has read what he had to write about it in an east entrance Blog yesterday. It is clear that what I think and think comic professionals in Spain are things going their separate ways. Which, incidentally, it seems perfect and healthy.

Now, what of the nomination for the awards for best foreign work seems to me scandalous. It so happens that 2010 was a year in our country graced with the publication of a handful of exceptional works. No good or arrogance, but exceptional of which is not an every year. Footnotes Strip, Joe Sacco, who can not be the best comic book of the year, it probably is one of the best comics of the past 25 years worldwide. And not even nominated. Shigeru Mizuki has been the great discovery of recent times, with two monumental books: NonNonba and Operation Death . And not even nominated. And Eddie Campbell has finally come Alec , which is one of the most daunting things that have been published in contemporary comics. And not even nominated.

Of course this is just my opinion, that's why I say. But hey, we're talking about work so extraordinary that one would think that their value is hardly controversial, and these awards are chosen by professionals, not the public. So, I am left wondering: what they read comics professionals in Spain? Sure, it is clear that mandorla, no.