BECA CÓMIC BARCELONA - ANGOULÊME
FICOMIC, the Maison des Auteurs (Angoulême) and the Institut Français of Spain join forces to launch an initiative that seeks to boost the careers of young comic book authors and promote cultural exchange between the French and Spanish comic book scenes.
This joint effort aims not only to increase the visibility of these artists, but also to create valuable opportunities for meetings and collaboration between comics professionals from both countries.
GUILLERMO SAAVEDRA, scholarship recipient
The jury selected author Guillermo Saavedra's (Gran Canaria, Spain, 1997) candidacy for his project Recreo (Break Time). He will be hosted at the Maison des auteurs in Angoulême in March 2026. Born in Gran Canaria, he has been self-publishing and distributing his comics since 2018, although he started drawing much earlier. He works as an illustrator and attends fanzine and graphic art festivals whenever he can. In 2021, he published Siembra (Sowing - ed. Dibbuks), his debut graphic novel. His drawings have appeared in Love & War (ComiXology, Dark Horse) and Salvaje (Beascoa), as well as various children's stories and comics for adults.
In 2023, he began publishing Las aventuras de Jesulito Jesulín (The Adventures of Jesulito Jesulín). Recreo, the project he will develop during his residency, is based on the characters from these short stories and integrates them into a broader narrative set in a school playground. In this story, all the girls in the class have had the same dream starring a deceased pop star. Young Dounia must solve the mystery of this dream to thwart an evil plot.
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