© 2009 Armando Salas. Cheers when my family and I came into the typical Galician restaurant at Santiago de Compostela. This way started the tribute from a group of readers/fans of my work at daily El Correo Gallego. I never met these people before and they didn't know each other. They organized the event through the forums and I must say I was overwhelmed because of the huge demonstration of appreciation and respect from unknown people, wonderful people!. Two of them came from Madrid and Valencia, this means, 600 and 1.000 Km far away from Santiago de Compostela! Also an Argentinian couple in vacation here wished to join us; they're readers of El Correo Gallego through Internet. It was a wonderful, emotive and unforgettable day. I got a lot of presents: Argentinians gave me one issue of EL ETERNAUTA, the masterpiece of comic art due to Solano López (drawing) and Germán Oesterheld (script). Oesterheld was an acclaimed writer; he was killed by Argentinian dictator General Videla and his complices.--- More presents: "La Codorniz. Antología (1941-1978)". "La Codorniz" was a successful humor magazine published in Spain. I used to read it when I was a child (this way I started my career:-). One of the readers is also an embroiderer :-) and he made an unique personalized bag. I'm sure you'll recognise the guy embroidered on it :-). Finally, the most soulful present: each reader chose his/her favorite strip of mine and wrote a comment and a dedication to me. All those pages were joined to make a new book: "ARMANDO LA MEMORIA". Clever people: this title has double meaning. Literally, ARMANDO LA MEMORIA means ARMANDO THE MEMORY. Since ARMANDO, my name, is also the gerund of ARMAR ( = build, construct, establish) this title can refer to a way to write a daily chronicle, a method to keep safe our history through my work.-----------------Upper image: A very beautiful fan and truly adorable girl gives the presents. Bottom image: the unforgettable meeting.--- Hopefully (if I can manage my time) I'll post photos of the presents. To be continued... :-)