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AlhondigaBilbao has announced the name of the winner of the second AlhóndigaBilbao comic scholarship. This is Martin Romero, a young Galician from A Coruña who, along with 40 other people, participated in this second edition of the AlhóndigaKomik scholarship (one of the most prestigious and complete scholarships in the state comic scene).
This scholarship is awarded, for the second consecutive year, in collaboration with 'La Maison des Auteurs ”in Angoulema, a center of recognized international prestige, located in France, dedicated to comics and other audiovisual arts (animation films, video games, ... etc.) And that welcomes authors to whom it provides the working conditions conducive to creation, with the aim of carrying out their own project.
This scholarship is part of the different initiatives that AlhóndigaBilbao is carrying out to promote comics. Thus, the future Leisure and Culture Center will be a resource center of this genre with the aim of promoting the creation of comics and promoting the emergence of new talents in this literary field.
The initiative aims to promote creation, and encourage the emergence of new talents in the field of comics. To this end, AlhóndigaBilbao will finance the realization of a project that has been selected for its artistic values and its innovative character.
Catalan Clara-Tanit Arqué was the winner of last year's scholarship, and during this year she has been able to develop her own comic project at the La Casa los Autores facilities.
This initiative by AlhóndigaBilbao is part of a broad collaboration agreement signed with the "Cité Internationale de la Bande dessinée et de l'image" to promote both initiatives related to comics and other audiovisual trends that are currently booming. .
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Martin Romero (A Coruna 1981)This will be the 1st time he has faced a similar project. Approximately four years ago he made his first comic for his Fanzine Cabezudo, little by little he discovered the possibilities and taste for the medium until he came to consider it essential in his life. During this time, thanks to reading, analysis and the creation of comics himself, he has learned many things that he is looking forward to putting into practice in his project.
Martín Romero has completed the Higher Cycle of Illustration at the Escola Masana in Barcelona and the Higher Cycle of Advertising Graphics at the Falcón Art School in Lugo. Noteworthy among his latest awards are the 1st prize GZ Crea Cómic (2008) and the 1st prize for Reus Comic (2008). His publications include The New Raemon (B-core / Cydonia) and various regular collaborations in fanzines, "Sick Fanzine", "Gagarin", Infernalia "," Smile "," Lunettes ", etc.
Endowment of the scholarship
The AlhóndigaBilbao-Cómic scholarship is endowed with:
• Accommodation in an individual apartment for a maximum of twelve months (electricity, gas and water on behalf of the fellow).
• Access to the equipment and all the services of La Maison des Auteurs.
• One thousand euros per month up to a maximum of one year.
• AlhóndigaBilbao, on its own or in collaboration with a specialized publishing house, will study the possibility of publishing the project in the year following the end of the scholarship. The publication, if produced, will be in Basque and Spanish.The jury
The jury that has carried out the selection is made up of cartoonists, screenwriters and specialized critics of recognized prestige in this field and has been chaired by Paco Roca, winner of the 2008 National Comic Prize and they have been part of it: Álvaro Pons, Juan Manuel Díaz de Guereñu, Paco Camarasa, José Ibarrola and, Antonio Altarriba.
'La Maison des Auteurs ”by Angoulema
Since the creation in 1974 of the first International Comic Festival, Angoulema has established itself as the capital of 9th art. In the arc of this event, various structures - the National Comic Strip Center, the School of Animation Film Trades - have favored the emergence of a permanent dynamic for the city and its region.
In order to provide concrete support to image creators living in Angoulema or wishing to settle in Angoulema, 'La Maison des Auteurs' was created, the doors of which were opened in July 2002.'La Maison des Auteurs ”aims to:
• Provide working conditions conducive to creation, welcoming authors to carry out a professional project in it.
• Present a showcase of creation in the fields of comics, animated films and multimedia, through exhibitions and events.
• Propose a center for technical and documentary resources.
• Constitute a place for meetings and exchanges.
• Contribute to protect the statute of author and defend intellectual property in the field of artistic creation.Since its opening in 2002, the House of Authors has welcomed more than seventy authors, both new and professional, from France and other countries, to develop projects related to comics or graphic storytelling. Among them stand out, among others, Jimmy Beaulieu, originally from Quebec, the Americans Richard McGuire and Jimmy Johnson or the Russian Nikolaï Maslov. All these authors have benefited from a free equipment framework, from an individual or collective workshop, equipped with the necessary material for creating images (computer station, drawing board, scanner, ... etc.).
Common spaces are also made available to the scholarship recipients, such as a computer and reprography room, documentation room, exhibition and conference room, among other resources.
