It's up to you to introduce yourself to your compatriot Jakoba Errekondo in Altza Porru. Is it not a fat issue?
Yes, it was a small text, but it was a great responsibility. I felt the weight of responsibility over me, a cold sweat. In fact, it's the presentation of an important person, who had to be short and humorous ... Yes, it has been a responsibility, but it has also been an honour and a nice challenge.
You have named Jakoba “the messiah of the Basques.” What did you base yourself on to make that statement?
(Laughter) I've known Jakoba forever. For the first time, we collaborated in the 1990s, Noaua! In the process of launching the journal. So I realized that I had something special about how to talk, how to see the project. I saw it further away from what others saw, as if it had a different gift. He has also now seen a revolution in the garden, and I think it goes one step further. In addition, the Messiah has followers: he has the ability to attract people, he takes into account what he says and people make that path with him. So in the presentation, I used that metaphor.
Does humor have a place in the garden?
For Jakoba, the orchard is a revolution, the biggest one right now. For me, humor is also a revolution, a plough of everyday life and everything. There are no subjects that cannot be dealt with with with humor. On the contrary, I think we have to bring humor to those “serious” issues, and Altza Porru is a pioneer in that.
What do you think the book has more, information or humor?
Like the garden of the sun and the rain, I think this book has both of these things. Through humor, he manages to give information, and when people receive information in a loving way, it's much easier for them to stay in the head. In this sense, Errekondo and all the artists who have participated in the project have made a very sweet product.
Each author of the book has depicted the cartoons of Asisco with a vegetable. What will you be?
I do not doubt that! Carrot (ja, ja). In our house, the word carrot has always been used to designate the person who is crazy, absurd. “What an Azanaiyua!” We say it with affection and the carrot is appreciated as widely used. In addition, I see myself reflected with that intense color of the carrot, full of energy: always put in a thousand sauces… Yes, I would say I am carrot.
Jakoba Errekondok eta Mattin marrazkilariak Altza Porru komiki liburua aurkeztuko dute ostegunean, hilak 26, Ategorrietako (Donostia) Iturritxo jatetxean, 19:00etan.
Baratzea gaitzat hartuta Jakoba Errekondok eta zortzi marrazkilarik egindako Altza Porru komiki liburua aurkeztu da urtarrilaren 4an Hernaniko Biteri Kultur Etxean, 19:00etatik aurrera. Ainara Azpiazu Axpi hernaniar irudigilearen Arian Arian erakusketaren barruan egingo da... [+]
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I guess not. I already have friends to those cartoonists, and you know what happens to friends… What has happened with... [+]
Vegetables buying in the supermarket, in the bar drinking small pines, listening to Su Ta Sagar… Isn’t it too much?
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Despite having participated in Altza Porru, you haven't made a full comic book story unlike the other cartoonists. Has Jakoba censored you?
I knew that Jacob intended to censor me, and so, with self-importance, I decided not to give myself that opportunity. And yes, it's true... [+]
Horticulture and politics have come together in your comic book. A bit surreal.
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Everything you know about the vegetable garden has been put into eight pages in Altza Porru. Did you not know much then?
Well, no. I know little and I also forget how little I know. I remember asking my mother how to sow the garlic and she responded. Two days later, I called... [+]
You've drawn a universe of permaculture, ecological orchards, biodynamics and zero junk philosophy. It's a paradise for Jakobit!
Yes, that is it! I love to imagine the natural tendency of nature to perfection when we don't intervene. Today, we always walk behind, inventing systems... [+]
Instead of talking about the vegetable garden, you have talked in your space of Altza Porru, Asisko…
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What has been the experience of Altza Porru? Have you had to check the book Bizi Baratzea many times before you start drawing?
Good experience! I in the garden, the truth is that the experience is zero. Or rather zero negative! But I've learned a lot. The orchard has taught... [+]
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As waiting for the first pea plant that the hortelan sowed, Jakobita awaits the new book. Date of departure. The best seller Bizi Baratzea bought the best seller at the Durango Fair and they ate it in their entirety in the coming weeks, they have come to all the presentations... [+]