31 October7 November
2025
31 October
2025.11.03
The exhibition Euskadi Fantastikoa 21: María Jiménez & Letucse: Manga and illustration, from the program of the 36th Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, will be open between October 31st and November 22nd at the Central Library (Alderdi Eder).
María Jiménez (Irun, 1990) studied nursing at the UPV and is a self-taught illustrator. After completing her degree and starting work at a hospital, experiencing the situations typical of the profession together with the rest of the staff, she started jotting down comic strips about her work in a notebook around 2015. Encouraged by her colleagues, she decided to begin digitising them to share on Instagram. Having seen how well they were received, she set about trying to publish them in physical format. Five years later, and Entre enfermeras won the popular vote as Best Work at Cómic Barcelona 2025, while the strip has also received the "Work of Healthcare Interest" seal of approval.
Letucse (Lorca, Murcia, 1984) has lived in Renteria for the last 15 years. A self-taught drawer and illustrator, she has produced numerous illustrations of well-known anime and manga characters, such as her collaboration with the Horror Film Festival for the exhibition “Dragoi Bola”-tik infinitura. Akira Toriyamari omenaldia. Her work also covers such manga as the webcomics Lady Letus and Assassins Panties.
Jorge Madejón (curator of the exhibition)
