27 october /2 november
2018
27 october /
2017.10.31
The exhibition Euskadi Fantastikoa XIII: Ernest Sala – El guardián invisible will be open between October 28th and November 18th at the Municipal Library (Alderdi Eder).
An exhibition organised around the graphic novels El guardián invisible and Legado en los huesos, by Ernest Sala, a graphic adaptation of the first two novels from Dolores Redondo's La Trilogía del Baztán (the third graphic novel, Ofrenda a la tormenta, is currently being prepared).
The novels tell a crime story where, with inspector Amaia Salazar, the reader is taken into a Baztan valley plagued with fantasy and horror elements featuring the appearance of characters from Basque mythology and fantasy, including Mari, Lamia, Tarttalo or even the Basajaun.
The exhibition is composed of Sala's original works where the onlooker can enjoy, among others, the excellent inkwork he produces with brushes. It is also rounded off with a number of other fantasy and horror-related creations by the author, revealing different aspects of his work.
Ernest Sala lived in Olot (Girona) until the age of 18, when he headed to Barcelona to study Graphic Arts at the Escola JOSO. Specialised in comic and illustration, he has worked on a variety of collective albums alongside screenwriters such as Rakel Archer, Santi Navarro, Enrique S. Abulí or Sergio Colomino: Barcelona TM (Norma Editorial), El vendedor de humo (NoBanda), Barcelona viste de negro (Norma Editorial), AK-47 (Norma Editorial)...
He has drawn stories with a script by Álex Ogalla for the horror magazine Cthulhu (Diàbolo Edicions) and has illustrated books for young people, such as the series Peliculibros 3D (Hidra editorial). He also contributed as a freelance illustrator to Estudio Fénix from 2010 to 2016 and has created advertising work on commission for Lévalo Studio. The adaptation to comic format of El guardián invisible (Planeta Cómic) is his first long work as a complete author.
