En la cocina dibujando / Drawing in the Kitchen by Ata

p7 The chubby are more expressive. The more rolls they have the easier it gets (to draw them)

// Glasses are excellent for framing looks // List: Fake orgasm (crossed out), Culture of the Brutes, Girlish, The Blue Lagoon. p8 Everything there is in your head // The 127 of uncle Chas is of an irreproducible green. (A

127 is a SEAT car model, a true family classic in seventies Spain) // Txaston in “El Rasillo”.

A few hooligans broke the rear window. p9 Brighton. In summer it’s chilly on the beach. p10 His favourite joke is that of the “Gastón: bring the top hat and the stick” // MILF STAR //

I think I am really cool // Halfway steamed-up window // Modest bikini in summer. p11 Apart from churros they could sell chewable air (a churro is a deep fried-dough pastry-

based Spanish breakfast, its surface is ridged due to being piped from a churrera, a syringe with a star-shaped nozzle) // There’s another cool stand selling hot dogs. If I have some time I’ll come back and draw it tomorrow // Bodega Playa (beach). Best of all are its invisible colours. p12 People who look like people, which they are not // I am average in my stupidity, probable

around medium-high. p13 Incipient gambling addiction // I admit, I have a few Rod Estigüar records (Rod Stewart

pronounced by the Spanish speaking community changes quite a bit, sometimes even unrecognisable like “One” –being Juan pronounced by English speakers) // Do not listen to psychologists. Don’t be yourself. p14 Hey!!! How r u doing out there. Hey!! And those tuned tanks of the Pont Aeri!!! // Character

of a photocopy shop in Alcala Street (Centre of Madrid) p15 Favourite Elvis impersonators. Extreme Elvis / the really wasted. Big Elvis / the fattest.

Black Elvis / well... the darkest? p16 ... and here I have a tattoo of my grandson, who I love the most in the world // Stupid

Tattoos. When I was young I got myself a cryptic tattoo of my favourite transition politician.

Yes, of course. Hairy Fishes!! p17 Fitness & Guns. Travelling Special // “How I conquered my husband” and how to get

discounts in the fruit & veggie shop // It’s more what brings us together than what keeps us apart. Other cultures. More fun than you might think, girl // Anabolics? Why not, don’t be silly // We’ll raffle five Riello customised Kalashnikovs. p18 The Jaca TV in Fernando’s place // Me shady? I think you are overdoing it. Well they were

different times... I mean who hasn’t robbed a pharmacy at some point, huh? p19 I am a cheek and a womanizer La la la laa... (It’s a line of text from a Julio Iglesias song

in which the skirt chasing abilities of the guy are praised) // Yes you can tell the man has lived, and drank. What a giveaway nose. p20 Long live Las Vegas! p21 Being young at heart is not always useful // There are really ugly things in some hotels! //

Make your dreams come true as soon as you can, later you outlive your fantasies and it seems... strange?... sad? p22 Secrets of the Heart // A bore in the daytime and a real ladies man at night // Lonly Jar

(“Jar”, meaning heart, is produced making a sound similar to that of the cleaning of the throat after a heavy cold-followed by “arr”...).

p25 A swig and up we go // A flight accident, here?... no idea, listen, ha, ha, I haven’t seen

anything. Why do you ask? // No, the little hat is mine, yeah since I was a child, yeah... p26 Mickey Mouse+girl+Transformer/Mazinger+Superhero =

SUPERCARTOONTEENSHEROBOT. p27 The wood // The dealer (In colloquial Spanish the police is called “la Madera” –wood–

hence the joke) // These two anti riot policemen were copied from a picture in the newspaper “El País”. The wood is from the wooden floor at home. p28 Take heed. A white coffee and an aspirin, the best // Doctors know their stuff the same way

you know yours – My wise dad’s proverb // I feel good... better than before. p29 You are like this on the inside. What did you think? p30 The Star Wars show is the BEST. They even have this holographic thing. And they put it

in front of the Parliament, it’s really cool. The speeder ships come are real size. The costumes of many of the 1st (or 4th). Models and 3D adaptations, more sketches. And more, more and more. The merchandising is really no good. p32 Get out of the way! This will spatter. I squeeze? Yes? No? // Ooh Ah Ehhg Yuk! // No, no,

no ay, ay, ay... uh, oof, Oh shit. p33 Not ugly, nor pretty... from the big heap // Huh, well I find him attractive // I pretend to be

black, but obviously I am not // Mnn, mnn. I have an idea. p34 My hypnotic dance will catch you!! // Manolo Valle has three kids. He likes wearing

tracksuits. “Mani-the-man” he’s called. His wife has a nice pair of tits. This summer he abandoned his dog. // Good cleaning by the cleaning lady // One shoe in the street? Bad news, for sure. Nothing good could have happened to someone demonstrating and loosing a shoe. Fight. Beaten-up. Stolen / Robbed. Arrested / Urgency / Demonstration.

p37 Don’t touch the “palmas” to me (“Tocar las palmas” is the way of clapping of Spanish

Flamenco Singers. It is also used to express something similar to “Don’t get me started” // Making a day without rush. p38 Bet on me. I am a winner // Vocalion // Mnh... he knows what he is doing and he is a real

MAN. p39 I am the young ISAAC ASIMOV and I don’t know how it wasn’t me who wrote The Planet

of the Apes // Truth is, if I wear the glasses, we would resemble... that and the tie. p40 Venice. p41 (Bilbao map) // The fashion designers on my planet are much dumber than on Diana’s. p42 The summer comes and with it The Fabulous BITCH BOYS. p43 On this side of th Atlantic, I am, say, more appreciated. p44 Business Class.

p47 And if not we can solve it stepping outside // In vino veritas // Bitter olives are swallowed

with wine – careful this one comes with a message // And hot snails (the ones you eat) are flushed with plenty of wine. p48 That guy looks familiar, very familiar. And you must be asking yourself: Who does that

man remind me of? Well, yes… I look a bit like Manolo Escobar. My face is a little fatter than his nor are my teeth as perfect. An anecdote? Well, there are infinite stories to tell, just imagine. I’ve eaten shellfish for free from Malaga until Portugal. Romance? Countless, never-ending. Frenzy. National product basically. Despite “Que Viva España” (one of his biggest hits) his fame never crossed the Pyrenees. Fights? There are lots of jealous ugly guys with women that don’t deserve such boring company. Hey, that’s where I come into the picture. That’s my life. To tell you the truth I don’t have his voice or wit, although some times I sing “Madrecita María del Carmen” and that makes some women cry. Yes I am more of the roguish type, better lover than husband and a better son than son-in-law. (Manolo Escobar was a very famous Spanish actor and singer born in 1931, fame comparable to that of Gary Grant or Rock Hudson) // I also look a little like him // We are many. We copied his hairstyles and suits. Today they confuse us with old rockers and that sort of stuff. p49 Paid amateurs // Very red Light // Mirror background? // Hawaiian background? // Hi I am

Robert Wise, maybe you remember me from the film “The Andromeda Strain” // Curve belly. p50 The brandy was his idea // I love you daddy // A family of ventriloquists // Yes, he is my son,

I can’t explain you now but it is the truth. His mother was a dummy and I can read until here. p51 A drunk seen through the eyes of his children // A married man trying to explain // I am not

sure wether you can see he’s putting his head in a hole. p52 Pennsylvania. The cables of American towns look cool in drawings. p54 Yes, I played in The Crusaders, we sang that about “Bayou Bottoms”. Yes, the best thing

was our logo // I was a Hells Angels member, a good logo too // I work in Repsol. p55 Lets let our hair down // Be careful with sailor knots // And don’t tell me you didn’t bring

anyone home with you. You are still sweaty. p56 Stigmata. Tumtidum... unresolved mysteries // Don’t look at me, it’s hard enough getting my

messages across playing these “Heavy” records backwards. Sure, looks easy, but it is not. p57 Agro gothic. All black // Important – always look down // The goth thing // Beware! Shirt

open and tucked into pants. Sexy goth // Sinister type 25 years old with glasses. Top Self Esteem. p58 A “Vespino” (Vespa moped) looked with love, resembles a chopper // (Embroidery on vest)

I am the toughest person in the world. p59 The only uban tribe where being old is cool // Bikers. Worse than pit-bull // Onthebike life

astyle // Anyway better a Harley than a Sancheski right? Maybe not. p60 Make glasses rounder at the top // The good thing about tracksuit pants is that your balls

hang freely // Of course it’s a wig. Sure. Looks cool huh? // Kids like me better with the wig; I’m more like their thing // Ooh Conchi, look what a laugh, a beggar reading a comic. p61 Roberto. The fetishist armadillo with a driver’s license // Keep still Roberto // I don’t like

my picture taken. p62 Learn to say “No” // No, ... p63 What a weird pretty likeable bike. p64 Umberto Ecco, satan’s partner // Pollensa (Mallorca) // Crank, From La Mancha, Mandarin,

Hose, Camomile, Handle // Eat rabbit.