Ño!

Texts: Illustrations Eli Pagola and Miren
Artetxe: Luz Maitane
Gartziandia, 2023

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Before and after the comic, both on the skin and back provided, as well as inside tapas and tapas, there are images and words that provide a lot of information. And it's that Bertsolaris women show up, enjoying the song, happy putting them on and expressing their brotherhood.

In addition, we have a quote from Marcelina Lopetegi Olaiz and the image of Joxepa Antoni Aranberri Xenpelar before and after starting (and also in the last pages a selection of verses about her twins). On the other hand, the public also appears on the roofs, surprised by the verses heard, which are sometimes saturated.

According to authors Eli Pagola, Miren Artetxe and Maitane Gartziandia, this comic book is one more step in the empowerment of Bertsolaris women in recent years. The title is also significant, the saying for women that is used to say with a word (little) what in the Hitan would be ‘aizan!’ or ‘har crow!’.

The comic strip is divided into ten parts. In the street, in the house, in the car, in bertsos sessions will appear the feelings, thoughts and experiences chosen based on those experienced by the authors or their surroundings: influence of patriarchy in the bertso world, feminist networks and alliances, humor and vindication, bodily, anecdotes or metaphors.

Realistic characters have been drawn (not stereotyped or abstract) and the figure is emphasized above the background, because people are important in these pages, not contexts or nuances. The middle and near planes predominate to turn the reader into an accomplice or witness. The most common are full-leaf vignettes, but there are also sequences of three or four pairs in some leaves, no separator stripes, images together.

Feminist genealogy is also made, drawing a certain historical memory. In the title “A Brown to Oneself”, Virginia Woolfi makes the gesture and throughout the comic book Joxepa Antori’s photograph appears as a stimulus for empowerment.

This work is legible after reading the throat of Uxue Alberdi, it is a contribution of bertsolaris feminists with another format, tone and style that will leave your smile on your head and lips.