Croqueta y Empanadilla en Japón

by Ana Oncina

More adventures of the dynamic duo of Croqueta & Empanadilla, this time in Japan. Based on a true story.

Planeta

by Ana Oncina

From the author of Croqueta y Empanadilla comes something completely, utterly different. Also, profoundly beautiful. And as much unsettling. You’ll feel unsettled if you couldn’t figure out what is reality (F, “forest”) and what is dream (P, “Planeta”), especially when in P you also dream about F. As Valentina does. On top of that, in P all human communication, apart from that with live-in partner, happens in virtual reality (V).

Voces que cuentan: Una antología

by Eva Amaral, Patricia Campos Doménech, Sandra Cardona Rodríguez, Ada Diez, Leticia Dolera, Sara Herranz, Lola García, Almudena Grandes, Agustina Guerrero, María Hesse, Diana López Varela, Estefanía Molina, Ana Oncina, Julia Otero, Akira Pantsu, Raquel Riba Rossy, Sandra Sabatés and Sara Soler Ester
cover illustration by Esther Gili
introduction by David Hernando

Contrary to what bookshops and even its own publisher, Planeta Cómic, say, this book is not a graphic novel but, well, an anthology. Mostly short stories, mostly autobiographical — but not all. Más mujer is a chapter of Morder la manzana by Leticia Dolera and Raquel Riba Rossy. Por una falda de plátanos is a collection of fragments from an essay by Almudena Grandes rather than a complete one. And Soledad is an illustrated song by Amaral. Of the complete stories, my favourite is Mzungu.

Croqueta y Empanadilla

by Ana Oncina

Everybody — at least in Spain — knows that croquetas are from Mars and empanadillas are from another planet. What could possibly go wrong when they decide to move in together? (For the last time: empanadilla is not a Cornish pastry.)

Croqueta y Empanadilla are creations of Valencian artist Ana Oncina, who does not look like an empanadilla at all. Yet she says that the comics are based on her and her partner’s true adventures. In any case, they are charming. My favourite story is about CyE’s trip to Germany, featuring Greek Yogurt as a dorm-mate from hell.