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May Promotion

Mónica Boixeda Barcelonian, Only-Be

They say that 63% of the happiness that one experiments travelling comes long before boarding the plane. It´s those moments in which we sit in front of the computer, travel guide or TV, when our mind starts to fantasize about all the things that we can do and discover around the world. We know how important travelling is to you and we want to make things easier for you. From the 1st until the 10th of May, make the most of this offer and get 5% discount in all of our apartments. Now, just let your imagination run loose, decide where your next trip is going to be and introduce the following code in the required field 😉 Promocode: PCECC4HP57KD Maria Climent Whether you´re going to stay in one of our apartments in Barcelona or a tent in Madagascar, enjoy yourself before and after the... read more

International Comic Book Fair in Barcelona

Mónica Boixeda Barcelonian, Only-Be

For 30 years, Barcelona has been the home of the International Comic Book Fair, an event where fans of the ninth art can come and see all the editorial novelties as well as the authors of the comic books, so they can take back a signed copy or even a dedicated drawing by one of their favourite cartoonists. After going through various locations, the fair is now located at the Fira de Barcelona, and this year it will take up Pavillion 8, which is over 4 acres big, where the different publishers will present their latest publications, together with the bookshops that exhibit their material. Also, they will organize various presentations of authors, both Spanish and international ones, who will attend the event to show their latest work to the Spanish crowd. As well as the authors presented by the publishers and the organization of the fair, it´s easy to find other cartoonists and scriptwriters who will go there by themselves to this event, the most important comic book fair in Spain. This year, the American cartoonists Greg Rucka and Greg Capullo as well as the British ones David Lloyd and Mark Buckingham and the Italian Milo Manara will be attending, along with the Chinese ones that have been invited there since China is the invited country to this year´s edition. Famous sci-fi film and TV actors will also visit the fair, such as Julian Glover (The Empire Strikes Back) or Paul Blake, who played Greedo in Star Wars. The seven exhibitions, as well as the one dedicated to comic books in China, are dedicated to the robots in comic books, making the most of Go Nagai´s presence, the creator of Mazinger Z. Spider Man will also be there... read more

Julian Assange in New York

Mónica Boixeda New Yorker, Only-Be

Nobody likes to show their true colors and even less so if they have global implications. Since July 2007 the world learned about some of the most important secrets of various governments as well as relevant information about their communications, with the creation of the website Wikileaks, founded in 2006 by Australian Julian Assange. Assange’s idea was to provide citizens with relevant information that ultimately affects their lives and should have a public character. The way is through the publication of classified documents reach the hands of the non-profit organization in a totally anonymous, thanks to its “electronic box”. After collecting this information we proceed to an analysis to verify authenticity. The network is fully shielded to achieve its, in theory, noble purposes, but this has not prevented Assange to be currently pursued. Julian Assange is the face of WikiLeaks, an organization whose workforce is difficult to identify. The data we have about him regarding more personal biography come to us through other people. What we know is that when he was young he and participated in a group of hackers and activists who later turned to the open source programming. The most impact leaks Wikileaks site has shown, was reveled in 2010. One of those is a 2007 video in which a U.S. military helicopter deliberately attacked and killed two reporters from the company Reuters and nine other people in Baghdad. Also came to light some documents concerning the conflict with Afghanistan through newspapers whose source was the famous Wikileaks, which gave them the information for free. The information unveiled spoke of attacks to civilians, friendly fire from... read more