Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul
Presentation
A course by Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou , 2019 National Comic Award (Spain)
Joined June 2018
Joined June 2018
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“In this lesson we will introduce ourselves and tell you how LaGRUAestudio came about. Making comics with a strong social component was not something we initially did on purpose, consciously, but rather it was something that arose from our personal experiences. In other words, it was life itself that gave us the opportunity to talk about these issues.”
In this video lesson Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul. Discover the process of making a comic with social purpose and use it as a tool to start important conversations and give visibility to those who need it.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hello, in this first lesson, We will tell you how La Grúa Estudio came about. We are Cristina Durán and Miguel Ángel Giner Bou. We started at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Valencia, where we edited the fanzine "No parking, I call a crane" along with two other colleagues, and then in 1993 We opened La Grúa Estudio, where we have worked since then, dedicating ourselves to comics and illustration. We have worked for Oxfam, Generalitat Valenciana, the "Diari Ara", "El País" and Amstel, among others. We have always been activists and with the world situation, where inequality is reall...”
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Course summary for: Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Comic, Narrative, Storyboard, Traditional illustration
Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou
A course by Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou
Cristina Durán and Miguel Ángel Giner, cofounders of LaGRÚAestudio have spent more than thirty years developing stories with social purpose in their comics. They are the illustrators and authors of comics such as Una posibilidad (Ed. Astiberri) and El día 3 (Ed. Astiberri), made in collaboration with journalist Laura Ballester. They have received several awards, including the 2019 National Comic Award.
Among their clients are several publishing houses such as Andana, Bromera, and Bullent, advertising agencies and media outlets such as El País and Diari Ara, brands such as Amstel, AVACU (Asociación Valenciana de Consumidores y Usuarios), the Polytechnic University of Valencia, foundations such as Cultura en Vena, and public entities such as the City Council of Valencia, the Generalitat Valenciana, and the Ministry of Equality.
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