The illustrator Joseba Larratxe is the creator of the Itzulia Basque Country poster
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Joseba Larratxewinner of the Euskadi literature award in the category of illustration of literary works, is the creator of the cycling race poster Itzulia Baque Country. For six years, it has been the job of the winner of this award to illustrate the return, and Larretxe is the latest winner thanks to his work on the comic Ni ez naiz Mikel Laboa.
Larratxe explained that when he received the commission to make this year’s Itzulia Basque Country poster, two images came to mind: “on the one hand, the stressed faces of the cyclists sweating, with their mouths open or clenching their teeth.” , going up a pass. On the other hand, the figure of the Basque fans came to mind, in the passes of Euskal Herria and abroad, filling the roads with ikurriƱas. Later, I discovered that showing the reflection of the fans in the cyclist’s glasses he could unite those two images into one”.

Joseba Larratxe Berazadi Josevisky is a native of Irun. He has made illustrations for Argiacollaborates with the satirical magazine H28 yy publish in Gaztezulo the comic “Aingurak”.
This year’s Itzulia Basque Country celebrates its 100th anniversary since the first edition. It will be held from April 1 to 6, leaving from Irun and arriving in Eibar.
Source: Eitb

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