Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul
Influences
A course by Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou , 2019 National Comic Award (Spain)
Joined June 2018
Joined June 2018
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson we will talk about everything that inspires us and serves as a daily influence for our work.”
In this video lesson Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou addresses the topic: Influences, 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
“Influences Now I will tell you about our influences. Talking about this is quite complicated because throughout life you get information and things that you like, that you would like to make them look like the people you admire. I will talk about those that marked me at a time in my life, in my childhood, in my youth or in my adult life, but what have helped me to realize that there was another way of telling things more engaged or more social. As I am a screenwriter, my influences come both from the world of comics like cinema and literature. Long before "Maus", "Wrinkles" or "Watchmen", I...”
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Course summary for: Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul
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Category
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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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