Amid a resurgence in popularity of the graphic novel and a flush of new titles by young Spanish authors, four writers and illustrators at Hay Festival Xalapa, discussed the state of the genre in Spain and the form’s future as the advent of the ebook adds a new dimension to pictorial storytelling.

“The graphic novel has undergone a renaissance in Spain over the last decade, and some would say a rebirth. For many years, comics were readily available on newsstands, before disappearing in the 1980s and migrating to comics stores, a more specialized, and, to an extent, underground market, where the genre remained a cult phenomenon before reemerging, rebranded.” Read the story here.