Like many other children, Genís Rigol (Barcelona, 1982) grew up reading comics, especially from the golden age of Franco-Belgian comics such as Tintin, Spirou and Marsupilami. But the moment that led him to want to draw comics came when he was older, when he discovered a comic book store in Poble-sec. “I liked to draw and had done animations, but entering Fatbottom turned me into a comic author –he recalls–. I discovered the fanzines of Alexis Nolla, Pau Anglada and Marc Torices and I started making short strips. And it helped me realize that I could jump in and make comics simply as a recreational activity, without needing formal training. In the end, it is a technologically very simple medium: all you need is paper, a pen, and a boring afternoon. But before, I thought you had to be Franco-Belgian, at least, to make a comic.”