Asisko Urmeneta

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Asisko Urmeneta
Asisko Urmeneta komikilaria.jpg
Born1965
Pamplona
OccupationComic artist
LanguageBasque
NationalitySpanish

Asisko Urmeneta Otsoa Irati, (born 1965), is a Navarrese comic strip writer, graffiti artist. [1] He usually works in the Basque language.

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He was born in Pamplona. [2]

In the blog "Kebawe", they present "Kleptomaniac, Passive Smoker, Microcephalic, fan of Sours Aire, bi-sexual and controversial Protestant.

Career

Asisko Urmeneta, interview at Argia 2017

His first steps as a comic book author came in Napartheid. [1] Afterwards, he made several press collaborations (mainly in Argia). He is a member of the Zazpiak Batman collective. He participates in the satirical magazine H28, and also draws for the magazine Xabiroi Ikastolen Elkartea.

He was doing caricatures for the ETB1 television channel. Together with Juanjo Elordi he directed the film Gartxot, konkista aitzineko konkista  [ eu ] (2011). [1]

In 2017 and 2018 Asisko Urmeneta created two comics: Eusklabo Alaiak (Gure Berriak, 2017) and AztiHitza: Xahoren Biografikoa (Erroa argitaletxea, 2018). [3] [4] Thanks to this latest work, Urmeneta won the Euskadi Prize for Literature in 2019 in the category of Illustration of Literary Work. [5]

Selected bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Asisko Urmenea". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. "Urmeneta Otsoa, Asisko - Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia". aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus (in Basque). Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  3. "Illustrator Asisko Urmeneta to represent Basque comics in Brussels". Etxepare Euskal Institutua. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  4. "Asisko Urmeneta Premio Euskadi Ilustración 2019". Euskal irudigileak. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  5. "Irati Elorrieta, Patxi Zubizarreta y Asisko Urmeneta son los tres primeros Premios Euskadi Literatura de este año". Euskadi.eus. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020.