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Judith Vanistendael / Judith Vanistendael – Mikel

Judith Vanistendael – Mikel

Judith Vanistendael – Mikel

Rights sold

Reprodukt (Germany)
Les editions du Lombard (France)
Norma editorial (Spain)

About the book

The Basque country, Spain. A green paradise with wild beaches on the Atlantic coast, but also a mountainous area of sombre villages and drizzle, tormented for years by ETA terrorism. Bases on Mark Bellido’s autobiographical story, Judith Vanistendael has created an impressive graphic novel about a seller of sweets who decides to become a bodyguard. While protecting threatened politicians he moves further and further into a shadow existence that ultimately threatens to be fatal for him.

Authors

Judith Vanistendael (b. 1974) is a Belgian comic strip artist and illustrator. In 2007 the first part of her succesful album The Virgin and the Negro was published, called Papa and Sofie. Part two, Leentje and sofie appeared in 2009 and again generated a great deal of press attention. The diptych has been translated into seven languages. In 2012 the succesful and monumental When David Lost his Voice was published, and in 2015 a book of the drawings she made on a walk, pilgrimage or otherwise, to Santiago de Compostela.

Mark Bellido (b. 1975) is the author of books including a novel (Venus vestida de azul) and the graphic novel El Mesías (in collaboration with Wauteur Mannaert). He spent four years protecting Basque politicians against ETA.

Additional book information

Graphic novel
ISBN 9789023498742
Number of pages: 368
World rights: Oog & Blik
Price: € 34,99