Unamuno. Between the Huns and Hotros there is a biographical comic on Miguel de Unamuno the great Spanish writer and one of the representatives of the millennial city of Salamanca, modified by Cartem Comics and the University of Salamanca

In the magazine Miguel de Unamuno chair notebook Sandro Borzoni He underlines that: “It is clear that if Unamuno called Hunos and Hotro to the supporters of the two sides, he did so to highlight the barbarism that accompanied the acts of violence of both the rebel military and the left”.

Starting from that premise, the screenwriter Rafael Jiménez Sánchez and the cartoonist Carlos Aguilar Hebeles elaborate Unamuno. Between the Huns and the HotroModified by Cartem Comics and Salamanca University, a work for the ninth art on the figure of the scholar, in which Salamanca will be an extra character and will accompany the writer through the city and his vital experiences, both in the university city and from Bilbao, Fuerteventura or Paris.

Zamorano Luis Miguel García JambrinaProfessor of the same institution of Unamuno and specialist in it, however he is the director of the magazine Miguel de Unamuno chair notebookHe is responsible for prologating the work. Furthermore, the main character of some of his works such as the novel made Unamuno The first case of Unamuno (Alfagiara, 2024); or the essay The double death of UnamunoIn collaboration with Manuel Menchón (Captain Swing, 2021).

The writer and the city of Salamanca as the main elements of the plot

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (1864-1936) He was a Spanish writer, philosopher, poet and essayist, one of the most representative figures of the call Generation of 98. His life and his work were marked by a profound tension between reason and faith, commitment to Spain and the inner conflict of the modern individual. He was a restless thinker, an intellectual provocative and a tireless defender of the critical spirit and freedom of consciousness.

The protagonist was born the September 29, 1864 In Bilbaowithin a bourgeois family of Basque origin. His childhood passed into an environment marked by the carlist wars, which would have influenced his political consciousness and his vision of the country. He witnessed the modernization of the city of Biscay and the conflict between tradition and progress, issues that would have seemed constantly in his work.

In 1880 He moved to Madrid To study in Central Universitywhere was a doctorate Philosophy and texts. In 1891 obtained the Greek president at the University of Salamancawhere he would develop a large part of his academic career. In 1900 Has been appointed University rectorposition would have occupied, although with interruptions until his death. His presence in Salamanca deeply marked the cultural and intellectual life of the city.

The protagonist was also a very influential political essayist. His Spain’s vision was contradictory: He deeply loved his country, but dispersed for his stagnation and his lack of critical spirit. He rejected both exclusive nationalism and superficial cosmopolitanism. For him, Spain had to find himself through thought, education and culture.

The rector was a defender of the Republic and intellectual freedom. In 1924During the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, he was fired as a rector and Exiled to Fuerteventurawhere he fled shortly after in France. He returned to Spain in 1930, after the fall of the dictatorship.

During the second republic he was again rector of the University of Salamanca. Although initially he supported the military revolt of 1936, believing that the order would soon be restored, the authoritarian character of the her Franco soon disappointed. On October 12, 1936, Unamuno delivered to speech in which he denounced violence, fanaticism and hatred. His famous phrase “Win, but no convenience“He remained as a symbol of intellectual resistance to totalitarianism. After that confrontation he was fired from his position and held in his home under surveillance. He died Salamanca on 31 December 1936A few months after the outbreak of the civil war.

The protagonist left an immense legacy in Spanish and universal culture. His thought anticipated many of the concerns of existential existentialism. His figure represents the struggle for freedom of thought in times of darkness and his life is testimony to the power of the word as a form of resistance. For him, living was fighting with themselves, with others and with the mystery of existence.

A script on the teacher and writer in the ninth art

Unamuno’s comic. Between the Huns and the Hotters written by Rafael Jiménez Sánchez It is an intimate and poetic journey through the life of the great literary, narrated by Omnipresent and sentimental look of Salamanca personified as a female character. It is not alone witnessup to guide And confidant, an old soul who has seen the centuries pass, who knows the stones, voices and secrets of the city and, at the same time, feels the weight and greatness of the man who has dedicated his life to his university and reflected on Spain.

The screenwriter presents the city incorporated into a woman of ethereal and strong presence, in which her face reflects the mixture of serenity and sadness of a city that maintains many voices. His voice is that of the narrator, but also that of Unamuno’s consciousness. Salamanca appears in the cartoons as a guide, whispering thoughts, accompanying Unamuno in his doubts, celebrating his victories and crying his defeats.

Rafael Jiménez Sánchez shows a Fragmentary and lyric historylike a puzzle of memories. The story is retrospectiveSalamanca in A Evocative toneSometimes melancholy he is renewing key episodes of the protagonist’s life, from his youth to his use; As well as his inheritance in the city. It is not a linear biography, but a Image and sensations flowmixing real memories with symbols, dreams and reflections, Where time is malleableYears and moments cross, as if the memory was a river that never flows in a straight line.

Carlos Aguilar Hebeles’ drawing

Carlos Aguilar Hebeles does his job on him Hot and dusty background one Cuttlefish pageAs if the time had stained the paper with the breath of the years, a world is designed with black ink. There are no Fermi or pretensions of realismWhat is seen is a delineated thought, a still trembling emotion, as if the hand of the cartoonist was also dream.

Las lines by Carlos Aguilar Hebeles are fast, nervousAs traced to the race in a field notebook. A gesture suspended in the air, a more than defined face. Each line seems to look for something like a shape, a memory, a shadow. The light comes from the document itself, which seems to filter the scene from behind, as a memory seen backwards.

The figures emerge in the middle of the ink, with inaccurate and unstable proportions, as if it floated between the dream and the vigil. The scenarios are not imposed, they barely suggest and yet there is strength. The lack of details does not remain intensity, on the contrary: invites the reader to complete the void, to project inside the race. It is an art that does not show, but suggests, and in this suggestion there is more true than in a thousand refined images.

Edition

Unamuno. Between the Huns and the Hotro work collaborated by Cartem Comics y Editions of the University of Salamancawithin the collection Echoes of inkIt is written by Rafael Jiménez Sánchez and designed by Carlos Aguilar Hebeles. The book is linked hard coveragewith measures of 29 × 21 cmIn Black and cuttlefishwith an extension of 96 pages. Has a prologue responsible for Luis García Jambrina and with extra on the life of Unamuno.

Cood with Edizioni Universidad de Salamanca

It is a graphic biography that travels through Miguel de Unamuno, from its facet as a writer and rector to his comparison with the dictatorship and his defense of freedom of thought.

A close and visual look at a man who has never stopped worrying about his words.

The story of a man who did not want in difficult times has chosen to think alone, even if this cost him silence, solitude or conflict with all the parts.

It is a comic that says your life with strength and sensitivity. A real, complex and exciting story, which is still current. Because it speaks of freedom, words that are distinguished, of ideas that do not adapt to the extremes.

This graphic biography begins and develops in Salamanca, the city where she lived much of her life and where she left its mark in its streets, university and in its people. Through his corners – the class, the square, his office – we are knowing Unamuno: his youth, his struggles, his contradictions, his famous speech of 12 October 1936, which still resonates today.

The city is not just a stage. It is part of the story. It is the place from which Unamuno thought Spain and the world.

To discover (or rediscover) in Unamuno

This work does not intend to be a history manual or a lesson. It is a nearby, direct and honest portrait. Through the expressive design of Carlos Aguilar Hebeles and the Surround Screenplay by Rafael Jiménez Sánchez, the reader accompanies Unamuno in his key moments: difficult decisions, clashes, silences.

It is a comic that reads with the emotion, that invites you to reflect and that anyone interested in the great questions of life can enjoy: how to act when all around the breaks? Is it worth defending what is believed, even in solitude?

A job that connects to this

Unamuno lived almost a century ago, but his story tells us today. Of the dangers of fanaticisms, the importance of thought with one’s heads and the need to defend the word against noise.

Unamuno. Between the Huns and the Hotros it is a reading for those who seek more than entertainment. For those who want to get to know one of the great Spanish intellectuals better. And for those who believe that, even in the dark times, it is worth talking clearly.