While the world explodes

He has published more than 20 illustrated books and has received numerous awards. In 2011, he was nominated for the Best New Author Award at the Barcelona Comic Fair. In 2012, he was a finalist for the FNAC-Sin Sentido International Award. He has won two White Ravens Awards. In 2018, he won the Premi Llibreter from the booksellers of Barcelona and the Best Illustrated Album Award at Comic Con in Madrid. In 2023, he won the International Graphic Novel Award at the Angoulême Festival. He has won two Junceda Awards. In 2024, he was a guest illustrator at the Frankfurt Book Fair and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, where he received a special mention in the Non-Fiction category for ‘Vertical: An Illustrated History of Climbing’.

María Luque was born in Rosario and lives in Buenos Aires. Since 2005, she has exhibited her work in museums and galleries in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Mexico and Spain. She works as a book illustrator and runs workshops. She is the author of *La mano del pintor*, a graphic novel about Cándido López (Sigilo, 2016), “Casa transparente” (Sexto Piso, Ibero-American Cities Graphic Novel Award), “Espuma” (Galería editorial, 2018), “Noticias de pintores” (Sigilo, 2019), “Corazón geométrico” (Sigilo, 2022) and ‘Budín del cielo’ (Sigilo, 2025). In 2022, she received a Konex Award, Diploma of Merit in Humour and Comics.