Number 39 of the Quevedos Magazine (published on January 2009) was dedicated almost in its entirety to Cartoonists for the Millennium Goals. It was a selection of articles, activities and works of the different authors and experts in the field, made with the aim of raising awareness among and informing the readers about the need to attain the first of the Millennium Goals.
The AECID and the FGUA decided to make a DVD-book where there are brief biographic notes of the authors included, as well as an institutional introduction by the President of Government, and by the presidents of the two sponsoring institutions of this project.
The essential part of this DVD is composed of the interviews with the authors, their creative process through the creation of their cartoons about the first goal of the Millennium Goals, which proposes “to eradicate poverty and hunger”, and more specifically:
Held on November 3rd and 4th, 2008, within the activities of the 15th International Exhibition of Graphic Humour. Important experts on the field of Graphic Humour attended from Latin America, Spain, France and Portugal. Some of the most important national authors took part, such as Forges, Kap, Toni Batllori, etc., as well as international authors: Roberto Goiritz from Paraguay, Pedro Sol from Mexico, Ana Sánchez from Costa Rica, Agustín Sánchez González from Mexico or Jorge Montealegre from Chili.
The recurrent theme was the Millennium Goals and the role cartoonists play in those goals.