Conversation with Antonio Altarriba: Capital reference of comic theory in Spain

Abstract

We interviewed Antonio Altarriba (Zaragoza, 1952). Retired Professor of French Literature at the University of the Basque Country and National Comic Award winner with Kim in 2010 for El arte de volar. We focus on his theoretical production: he defended the second doctoral thesis dedicated to the medium in our country, recently published thanks to Ediciones Marmotilla. He has signed works such as La España del tebeo, republished in 2022 within the Grafikalismos collection (University of León) and directed the reference magazine Neuróptica. We talked about the validity of his theoretical concepts about comics, the arrival of Artificial Intelligence or his look at theory as a screenwriter and as president of El arte de volar Foundation.