How, When, and Why We Did a Butch Comic Authors Gema Arquero (Project Manager) Rosa Navarro (Ilustradora) Keywords: comic, lesbian subject-matter, visibility Abstract This article draws a review of the different aspects which played a prominent part in the genesis of the comic Salidas de emergencia (Emergency Exits). Its authors explain the importance that their personal situation and the political context of the Spain of 2005 had over the decision to begin their creative project, placing us, at the same time, in the cultural coordinates in which it is inscribed. With it, they also carry out a review of different cultural products of lesbian subject-matter, which make evident the particularities of the present comic. Downloads PDF (Català) Published 2010-10-14 Issue No. 15 (2009): Mujeres y naciones Section Miscellaneous License The Author retains ownership of the copyright in this article, unless the opposite is expressed, and all rights not expressly granted in this agreement, including the nonexclusive right to reproduce, distribute, perform, and display the article in print or electronic form, and grants, Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat the exclusive rights to print publication of the Article for a period beginning when this Agreement is executed and ending twelve (12) months after the first publicaton of the work in this Journal. After this time, the work will be available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license, by which the article must be credited to the Author and the Journal be credited as first place of publication. Beginning twelve (12) months after the article´s first publication, the Author is free to enter in seperate, additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the work as published in this journal. The Author is encouraged to post the work online (eg in institutional or subject repositories, or on their website) after the exclusivity period of twelve (12) months has expired, as it can lead to productive exchanges as well as a greater citation of the published work (see The Effect of Open Access).
