SPEAKERS 2024

Maite Rosende creates from play and enjoys taking her images to all kinds of media. She has published several books in the field of children's literature and has won several awards for it. Her work has been recognized by Iberoamérica Ilustra (Mexico, 2021-2023) and has been selected for the exhibition at the Bologna Book Fair (2023).  She currently belongs to the Gilda space in Donostia, where she has begun to experiment with the sewing machine and the tattoo machine.

Martín Ramón is the director of Espacio Moebius and, in the past, of Moebius Liceo, a publishing house and gallery of comics and drawing. Since its beginnings in 2007, it has become a benchmark in the sector thanks to its work with artists such as Liniers, Isol, Carlos Nine, José Muñoz, Martín Pérez, María Luque, Gustavo Sala and Lucas Varela, among others. They have published works such as the magazine ‘Chikismiqui’ about the talent of young female artists from all over the world or the LGTBIQ+ anthology ‘Ábreme’, or fanzines printed by themselves by authors such as Powerpaola. 

In addition to having been the organiser of the Jornadas de Comics at the University of Palermo from 2014 to 2018, he was also the curator of La Revistería Cómics from 2017 to 2019, receiving the Eisner award for the best comic book shop in the world at San Diego Comic-con in 2019. He is also founder and coordinator of projects such as Tren Moebia and Radio Moebia, which he currently combines with his editorial and exhibition work.
 

Editorial founded in Valencia in 1998 by Vicente Ferrer Azcoiti (Valencia, 1963) and Begoña Lobo Abascal (Bilbao, 1963). Since then, they have been dedicated to inventing highly illustrated books aimed at readers of all ages. Much of what they publish has to do with the humour, poetry and mystery that animate popular culture. They feel indebted to the work of those graphic artists who have always sought to communicate with the widest and most unknown public. The care and effort required for each new project only allows the publication of three titles per year.

The catalogue currently consists of seventy-eight titles divided into seven collections. With their most recent collection, Aun aprendo, named after Goya´s drawing in which an old man takes his first steps using canes, they want to turn into books some of the experiences carried out in creative workshops, so that children get used to participating in the creation of books and are not satisfied with just being their main consumers.

I start in the world of tattooing in 2011 when I get my first machines. Here begins a path as a totally self-taught tattoo artist. In 2015 I start my own tattoo studio called Petra with a personal and defined tattoo style very influenced by the traditional European tattoo, opting for the blackwork tattoo that goes from engraving to more synthetic designs. Also, from the studio we also produce small capsule collections of clothing based on our designs. At Petra Tatuajes I share the space with two other resident tattoo artists and national and international guest artists. Apart from tattooing in my own studio, I also travel abroad to be able to do my tattoos beyond Bilbao making guest tattoos all over Europe.

Nour Hifaoui is a Palestinian-Lebanese comic artist and illustrator currently based in Paris. Her artistic work focuses on themes of the body, intimacy, and social injustice, which she addresses through documentation and autofiction. In 2022, she published her first zine, "Titties", with Samandal, exploring desire and sexual life from a feminist perspective influenced by social and political events. The comic was translated into Italian and published by D Editore and Fortepressa. She is currently working on the second volume, titled "Titties Too."

Since 2018, Nour has been a member of the Lebanese comics collective Samandal Comics, where she contributes as an author and editor. She was part of the editorial team for the collective’s anthology “Cutes,” which features trans and queer stories. Nour has showcased her work in several local and international exhibitions, such as “In-Transit,” “It’s Preferable Not to Travel with a Dead Man,” and “Ça va être long.” Additionally, she has participated in numerous regional and international festivals, including the “Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d’Angoulême,” “Central Vapeur,” “Crash,” and the “Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Alger.”

Editora y diseñadora gráfica. Trabajó 8 años en Imprenta Madero con el maestro Vicente Rojo. Fundó Petra Ediciones en Guadalajara en 1990. Fue Directora de Arte y Diseño del diario Siglo 21. Es diseñadora de la revista Luvina. Ha obtenido varios premios y reconocimientos nacionales e internacionales, entre otros, en 2014 recibió el Best Children’s Publisher of the Year, región Centro y Sudamérica en la 51 ° Feria del Libro para Niños de Boloña y tres New Horizon Award otorgados por la Feria de Boloña, el Premio FIL al Mérito Editorial 2015; el Premio de Diseño Editorial Latinoamericano 2016, Fundación del Libro, en la 42 ° Feria del Libro de Buenos Aires, el Premio Juan Pablos al Mérito Editorial 2017 otorgado por la Cámara Nacional de la Industria Editorial Mexicana. Algunos libros han sido seleccionados en “Los Mejores Libros para Niños” del Banco del Libro de Venezuela. En 2018 fue jurado de la Muestra de Ilustradores de la Feria de Boloña.

Pep Montserrat is a Catalan illustrator based in Barcelona, who has combined his profession as an illustrator with the teaching of the specialty in the CFGS and the pedagogical coordination of the illustration postgraduate course at the Escola Massana. Since 1988 he has been the author of illustrations for children`s and young adult books, some of which have been published in countries in Europe, America and Asia.

Between 1998 and 2018 he was a regular contributor to national and international written press in headers such as La Vanguardia, El País, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe or The National of Abu Dhabi among others.

He has also collaborated on several occasions with the Tv3 children´s program “Una mà de contes” creating the images for more than a dozen episodes. Among the most outstanding awards he has received throughout his career are the Ministry of Culture in 1995, the Catalònia in 1997 and the Junceda in 2004,
2009 and 2017. In addition, from 2006 to 2011 his works were part of the annual exhibition of the Society of Illustrators in New York, where in 2008 he was awarded the Certificate of Merit. In 2024 he was awarded the National Illustration Award.

Raquel Martínez Uña is co-founder of the publishing house Wonder Ponder and co-director of the International Course on Philosophy, Literature, Art and Childhood (FLAI). The publishing house Wonder Ponder, specialising in philosophy and children's literature, has been generating wonder and curiosity for ten years, provoking questions and a desire to explore possible answers. The FLAI course has been held since 2017 in Albarracín (Teruel) and every year it proposes four interdisciplinary and international speakers to reflect on a central question from the perspective of philosophy, literature, art and education