Bea Lema
Bea Lema | |
|---|---|
| Born | Beatriz Lema Rivera 1985 A Coruña |
| Occupation | illustrator |
| Known for | Spanish National Comic Award 2024 |
| Notable work | O Corpo de Cristo |
Beatriz Lema Rivera (A Coruña, 1985), known as Bea Lema, is a Spanish cartoonist and illustrator, winner of the 2024 Spanish National Comic Award. Her works have been published in both Spanish and French.[1]
In 2017, she published her first comic in galician, O Corpo de Cristo, which was nominated and later named winner of the XII Castelao Comic Award of the Provincial Council of A Coruña, becoming the first woman to receive this award.[2][3] Thanks to a scholarship she remade her work at the Maison des auteurs in Angoulême, and it was later published in France under the title Des maux à dire.[4]
Her first work, renamed to Spanish as El Cuerpo de Cristo and published this time by the Astiberri publishing house, was awarded the 2024 National Comic Award, which was awarded to her on September 16 of that same year. The work addresses the issue of mental health, and focuses on the difficult relationship between a daughter and a mother whom the former has to start caring for from a very young age, in the context of a patriarchal, poor and Catholic Spain.[5] An animated short film based on the work is currently in development at fall 2024.[6] Book was winner of the "Public Prize - France TV" at the Angoulême 2024 comic festival.[7]
Bea has also worked as an illustrator for a number of magazines, posters and children's books.
References
[edit]- ^ "Bea Lema, Premio Nacional de Cómic por 'El cuerpo de Cristo', "una obra innovadora y arriesgada sin renunciar al uso del humor"". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2024-09-16. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ "La ilustradora Bea Lema, Premio Nacional del Cómic 2024". elDiario.es (in Spanish). 2024-09-16. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ "La ilustradora gallega Bea Lema, Premio Nacional del Cómic 2024 con «El cuerpo de Cristo», «una obra innovadora, arriesgada en lo formal»". www.lavozdegalicia.es. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ Des maux à dire chez Sarbacane (in French).
- ^ Corroto, Paula Corroto;Paula (2024-09-16). "Bea Lema gana el Nacional de Cómic 2024 con una obra sobre la España patriarcal, pobre y católica". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ RTVE.es (2024-09-16). "La ilustradora Bea Lema, Premio Nacional del Cómic 2024 por 'El Cuerpo de Cristo'". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ "About - Bea Lema". bealema.com. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
