‘Ata’ is the pseudonym of Juan Lasalle, who worked as a publicist for 15 years while also creating comics, a task he has continued to this day. Born in Santander and a leading figure in the Alava comic scene, in 2008 he moved with his family to Llubí (Mallorca) and from there he continues his monthly collaboration with TMEO and also publishes his wild humour cartoons in magazines such as El Jueves and Mongolia, as well as producing illustrations for magazines such as GQ, Visual and Cáñamo. In 2012, he founded the publishing house Autsaider Comics, where, in addition to somewhat underground comics, he also publishes narrative and essays that follow the same line as his comics, which are extraordinary, unique, crude or sophisticated, inviting readers to think differently and which, precisely for that reason, no one else wants to publish.