Bea Lema has been awarded the National Comic Prize of Spain, for the year 2024, by the jury that met today. The prize, awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, is endowed with 30,000 euros.

The jury highlighted the work “El cuerpo de Cristo” (Astiberri) for “being an innovative work, risky in the formal aspect, with textures and compositions that transcend the most commonly used techniques without renouncing the use of humor and a poetic aspect. The work possesses great depth and sensitivity for the way it approaches such a complex subject as mental health from the author's own experience, as well as the vindication of the importance of care”.

The jury also noted that “El cuerpo de Cristo” by Bea Lema “is a work of great visual beauty and deep emotion that offers a surprising look at the mother-daughter relationship, being a real exploration of language that uses alternative aesthetic resources and shows a new way of weaving the story claiming the migrant memory itself.”

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