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Year 2020

Editorial

  • 28 January. 18:30. Presentation of the book La guerra ha terminado: Alicante, 1939 (The War is Over: Alicante, 1939) and display of the photographs that illustrate it at the Club Información in Alicante (Doctor Rico Avenue, no. 17). In collaboration with the president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Ximo Puig, the director of Club Información, Toni Cabot, the president of the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, Rubén Alfaro, the president of the Max Aub Foundation, Teresa Álvarez Aub, the passenger no. 2278 of the Stanbrook, Alicia González Beltrán, as well as the editors of Media Vaca. José Maria Azkárraga, author of the book’s photographs, provides a guided tour of the exhibition to the authorities and the large audience.

  • 7 February. ‘Viaje a Corfú. Carlos Pérez, el hombre-museo' ('Journey to Corfú. Carlos Pérez, the man-museum’): exhibition dedicated to Carlos Pérez at the Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània (Carme Contemporary Culture Centre) in Valencia, where, among many other posters, toys, and books, the book Buffalo Bill Romance is presented, along with the original collages by Dani Sanchis for Vicente Huidobro’s ‘Manifiesto Tal Vez' ('Tal Vez Manifest’), which forms part of the book.

  • 6 March. Opening of José Maria Azkárraga’s photographs for the book La guerra ha terminado: Alicante, 1939 (The War is Over: Alicante, 1939), at the Museo Arqueológico Municipal (Municipal Archaeological Museum) in Elda, at the start of the work session of the Xarxa de Memòria Històrica (Historical Memory Network), by Rubén Alfaro, mayor of Elda and president of the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces; Belén Cardona, regional secretary for Cooperation and Democratic Quality; and Carmen Negrín, president of the Negrín Foundation.

  • 7 April. In times of confinement due to the Covid-19 pandemic, an invitation from the Associació d'Il·lustradores (Illustrators Association) of Tarragona to participate in its 'Virtual vermouth’ sessions. Many members participate and Alicia Caboblanco creates the poster.

  • 23 April. Coinciding with the celebration of World Book Day, the documentary Brindis al sol. 20 anys de Media Vaca (Toast to the Sun. 20 years of Media Vaca) is released on Las Naves YouTube channel, Valencia City Council’s innovation centre. Produced by the communication team of Las Naves, in collaboration with Media Vaca, EASD (School of Art and Design), and ESAT (School of Art and Technology). Along with the editors of Media Vaca, Vicente Ferrer and Begoña Lobo, the illustrators Chu-li Chen, Fabio Zimbres, Eloar Guazzelli, Grazka Lange and Taro Miura, and editor of Petra Ediciones, Peggy Espinosa, are also featured.

  • May. Zaragoza, 2nd edition; El señor Korbes y otros cuentos de Grimm (Mr. Korbes and Other Stories by Grimm), 2nd edition; Érase 21 veces Caperucita Roja (Once Upon 21 times, Little Red Riding Hood), 2nd reprint; in the first days in which Madrid experiences a change of phase that soothes the state of alarm.

  • July. Los 10 perritos (The 10 Puppies); Aroma de galletas (The Smell of Cookies), 2nd edition; Los niños tontos (The Foolish Children), 2nd edition; El mundo al revés (The World Turned Upside Down), 2nd edition; Libro de nanas (Book of Lullabies), 2nd edition.

  • 20 July. Third anniversary of the first Instagram publication. Apart from the inevitable silliness, we use that space to inform about the activities we develop and to share details about the book creation process. We celebrate the anniversary making a toast and eating peanuts with our friend Daniel.

  • 11 September – 8 November. Exhibition ‘No Posters Allowed. REA.’ in the Carlos Pérez room of Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània (Carme Contemporary Culture Centre) in Valencia. Organised by the Consortium of Museums of the Community of Valencia and the Association of Designers of the Valencian Community, and with the collaboration of the company Marc Martí and Association of Valencia World Design Capital. Five posters by Media Vaca are exhibited, created by Arnal Ballester, Miguel Calatayud, Taro Miura, Dani Sanchis, and Linotipografía Quintas.

  • 5 October. Videoconference with the illustrators of the Itxialditik project, which will result in a book with the title ‘Harrigarri eta miragarri’ in Basque; in English, ‘Strangeness & Wonder’.

  • 29 October. Official launch of Media Vaca Kiosk, the publishing house’s new website, which is more complete and now accesible to mobile devices.

  • 7 November. Second videoconference with the authors of the Itxialditik project to discuss concerns and any type of questions before the illustration deadline.

  • 5 December. Resuming the activities that were interrupted in March, the presentation of book The War is Over: Alicante, 1939 is held in the Ramón Llull library. Capacity limited to twenty people, previously registered. Before and after the talk, José M.ª Azkárraga guides two groups of five people on a tour around the Valencia of the Republic, visiting, among other places, an air raid shelter and the front door of María Moliner’s house, who had been a librarian at the time.

  • 11 – 13 December. Participation in the second edition of the Baba Kamo festival and fair, organised by the Association of Professional Illustrators of Valencia and Fundació pel Llibre i la Lectura (Books and Reading Foundation) at the Carme Contemporary Culture Centre, in Valencia. Despite the occasional queues to control the premises’ capacity and maintain social distancing, the sunny days and the interest of the attending public contributed to making it a very pleasant experience. Begoña Lobo tends to the Media Vaca stand in the Gothic cloister, through which numerous friends pass. On this occasion we are not joined by our collaborators Ingrid and Lara, since they are confined in Madrid and Bologna.

  • December. Strangeness & Wonder.