YOU

KED ON
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH, SOCIAL POLICY AND EQUALITY

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EQUALITY
Office of the Government Delegate
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for Gender-based Violence
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Published by:

Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality.

Office of the Secretary of State for Equality.
Office of the Government Delegate for Gender-based Violence.

Paseo del Prado 18. 28014 - Madrid

Email: violencia-genero@igualdad.mspsi.es
Website: www.mspsi.es

Coordinated by:

Pilar Gómez Muñoz

Official advisor

Miguel Lorente Acosta

Government Delegate for Gender-based Violence

Authors:

© Text: Miguel Ángel Giner Bou.

© Artwork: Cristina Durán Costell.

Design and layout: LaGRUAestudio.

The authors benefitted from the advice of Carmen Castro (SinGénerodeDudas) and the
supervision of the Government Delegate for Gender-based Violence when producing this
comic-strip.

Official publication identification number (NIPO): 860-11-179-8

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HOOKED ON YOU
OLIVIA AND MARTIN'S STORY
CRISTINA DURÁN / MIGUEL A. GINER BOU

MINISTRY OF HEALTH, SOCIAL POLICY AND EQUALITY

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EQUALITY
Office of the Government Delegate for Gender-based Violence
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HOOKED ON YOU
FOREWORD

It might seem made up, a cautionary tale rather than a true story, or something surreal and far off,
as if real life had nothing to do with the pictures in the comic-strip or the characters with people we
see every day on the metro or bus. But I can assure you that Olivia and Martin’s story is real and the
characters in it aren’t from another planet or a figment of someone’s imagination. The main characters
could be any of those girls or boys you see each day around school or down at the local shopping centre.
People you know, girls who fall for boys who seem lovely at first, but who then start thinking they own
the girl, that she belongs to him…and they stop being lovely and turn violent.

A survey conducted by the Ministry of Equality on teenage girls and boys across Spain shows that
roughly 1 in every 10 girls says they have experienced an abusive situation at the hands of the boy they
are going out with. A little more, 1.3 in every 10 teenage boys, admit to behaving aggressively towards
their girlfriends. So you see, it’s not all that uncommon and it is closer than you think. Maybe you think
I’m exaggerating and you wonder what these guys have done for us to think they have been abusive. I’ll
tell you: these guys themselves admit to, for example, hitting their girlfriends, making them feel afraid,
insulting them or making them look a fool, or they have made them feel that they are worthless. They
have also sent images of their girlfriends or messages with their mobile or over the internet to insult
them or humiliate them...to name just a few of these things. As you can see, this isn’t just kids’ stuff. It
is the complete opposite. These are genuine acts of aggression that form part of the violence suffered
by women, even the very youngest.

This is why it is really important for you to be aware of this kind of violence and understand that it
appears to be the most normal thing, as if it was just a part of being in a couple, or at least part of
being with a particular partner, which means it is justified instead of rejected. What’s more, it is very
widespread as you have seen: remember, nearly 10% of teenagers admit to experiencing it or inflicting
it at some time! It can happen anywhere, forget about poverty, conflict, alcoholism and drug addic-
tion...any teenage boy can inflict it if they decide to do so; it all depends on his will.

And if this is the case, have you ever wondered why so many teenage boys inflict it in all kinds of pla-
ces? This is a good question. If the same kind of behaviour appears in highly different circumstances,
it means there must be something in common to all of them, something that is nothing to do with
whether the parents earn more or less money, whether the family have a higher or lower level of educa-
tion, whether they live in one neighbourhood or another, ...if it was a result of certain circumstances, it

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would be associated with them. Yet it’s not. Being violent to women crosses all barriers and situations
to arise in any couple if that is what the aggressor wants. They all have the same cultural references.
By culture I’m not talking about cultural expression in the form of art, literature, painting or music, etc.
I mean values that our culture gives us to organize how we live in society and the functions and roles
assigned to us as part of these cultural references so we grow up to be “real” men and women. These
values say different things to girls and boys, allowing some boys to feel that they should control “their
girl” as part of a commitment to the relationship so they don’t look bad and his friends don’t think he’s
under the thumb or that she could cheat on him with his friends. And these values make girls believe
that when “their guy” gets tough or tells them not to talk to other friends (whether girls or boys), or tells
them to wear different clothes… he does it for love, because he’s jealous and jealousy means love.

And that’s completely true: he does do it for love, but love of himself, because he is selfish and thinks
he owns her. These values make him think that he is the one who can set limits in such a way that the
relationship adapts to what a culture built by men believes a relationship between a couple should be.
This is how deception occurs, which leads to the most serious expressions of inequality; these include
violence to and discrimination of women, the same as “it’s no time for a girl to be out” or “this place
isn’t suitable for a woman”.

Where there is love, there cannot be violence. And everything that involves imposing, limiting or con-
trolling a girl’s will is violence because it forces her to obey her boyfriend, and because it leads him to
act in a more violent way by means of aggression to correct what he considers to be wrong or feeling
that it is her behaviour that threatens his status as a man.

Putting up with this behaviour doesn’t mean you love him more or that he is more of a man by be-
having like that. The human condition is based on respect for Human Rights. If you find yourselves
in situations like those described in the comic-strip or you know that it is happening to someone you
know, don’t hesitate, hesitation always traps the person suffering from the violence and reinforces the
person being violent as the only thing it does is draw it out over time and prolong the circumstances
surrounding it. Ask questions, raise the issue, call 016, ask for help and give it yourselves like Olivia’s
friends do. We need to build a better society where there is no longer any violence. By taking action
together, we can succeed.

Miguel Lorente Acosta

Government Delegate for Gender-based Violence

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 HEY LOOK OLIVIA, A
PUPPY!
DO THINK IT’S
DANGEROUS, CAROLINA?

JUST LOOK AT IT,

IT’S SO SWEET.

YES IT IS...

HI DOGGY...

LARACROF! LARACROF!

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 THERE YOU ARE, YOU I’LL TEACH YOU TO
STUPID ANIMAL! OBEY YOUR OWNER……...

HE... HE WAS PLAYING

WITH US AND... AND...

I’LL TEACH YOU!

OLIVIA! OLIVIA,
HELP ME!

LEAVE HER ALO- WHAT’S THIS? YOU WANT

NE, YOU BULLY! SOME TOO, DO YA?

O…... OLIVIA… OOO... OLI...

DO SOME- VIAAAA...
THING...

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 OLIVIA. OLIVIA!

OH, SORRY, I WAS

MILES AWAY…...

YEAH, I NOTICED...

I WAS JUST THINKING…...DO

YOU REMEMBER THAT
GUY I TOLD YOU ABOUT?

MARTIN? THE ONE

ON THE FOOTBALL
TEAM?

YOU SHOULD SEE THE I THINK HE FANCIES ME…... I’VE NEVER FELT THIS WAY
WAY HE LOOKS AT ME….. ABOUT ANYONE BEFORE…...

…... THE OTHER GUYS

WERE JUST A BIT OF
FUN.

DON’T TELL THEM

THAT, HA HA…...

LOOK, HERE COME

YOU GO GIRL! RAQUEL AND AHMED.

COURSE…... AND YOU KNOW SO MARTIN FANCIES CAROLINA, ****!

HIYA, CAN YOU LET ME HAVE I’LL HELP YOU IF YOU YOU THEN?
THE NOTES FROM MATHS? WANT...…

OH, THAT’D BE GREAT…...

HA, HA... …I’M OFF, I’VE LISTEN, THE OTHER DAY I WAS IN THE YEAH, YEAH...WHERE YOU LIVED,
CHANGING ROOMS AND I HEARD HIM WHICH CLASS YOU WERE IN, THAT
GOT ART. TALKING ABOUT YOU…... KIND OF STUFF...
YOU DID?

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 MARTÍN! YEAH? ISN’T THAT THE GIRL
YOU FANCIED?

OH MY GOD! DID YOU SEE HOW OH MY GOD, I THINK I JUST WENT YEAH RIGHT, THAT’S WELL, SEE YOU CIAO.
HE JUST LOOKED AT YOU? BRIGHT RED…I’M GONNA POUNCE ON HIM NOT EXACTLY YOUR TOMORROW.
TALK ABOUT OBVIOUS! AT THE PARTY. STYLE…...

MUM, DAD, I’M WHO’S THAT I CAN SEE? HELLO LOVE, GIVE ME A
HOME. IT’S MY LITTLE BUDDHA…... OLI... VIAA... HAND WITH YOUR
BROTHER, I NEED TO
START THE SUPPER.
HI SWEETHEART.

O.. LI... VIAA...

O.. LI... VIAA...

SO, HOW FINE, SAME JUST FINE? SO WHAT‘S THAT ERRRR..…. WEEELLLL..….
HI MUM, I’LL GIVE ADRIAN WAS SCHOOL AS USUAL... TWINKLE IN YOUR EYE? I THINK THERE’S A BOY
HIS SUPPER…... TODAY? WHO LIKES ME...

OLI... VIAA...

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 BITE THE DUST, YOU ****! THEY’VE KILLED ME AGAIN! ARE YOU STAYING FOR
MINGING ZOMBIE! SUPPER, RICARDO?

MARTIN, SUPPER NO, NO, I SAID I’D BE BACK FOR

IS READY! SUPPER AND I DON’T WANT
PROBLEMS WITH THE OLD MAN.

WHATEVER... …BY THE WAY THAT OLIVIA? YEAH, I REALLY WELL, THEY’RE ALL
I THINK I’M GONNA TRY SHE’S A FOX... FANCY HER. THE SAME REALLY…...
AND PULL THAT GIRL FROM
SCHOOL…...

I DUNNO... …I’LL TRY AND WHATEVER, BUT DON’T RICARDO’S NOT STAYING, I’VE LEFT A SANDWICH OUT FOR
PULL HER AT THE PARTY SAY I DIDN’T TELL YOU SO: WHAT’S FOR SUPPER? YOU... I’VE ALREADY HAD MINE.
ON FRIDAY…... THEY’RE ALL A PAIN IN THE
NECK.

WHERE’S DAD? AS USUAL...

HE’S BUSY AT THE OFFICE,
HE’LL BE BACK LATE...
YEAH, AS USUAL...

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OH NO OLIVIA…I... VE JUST HEARD THE GUYS THEY’VE GOT TRAINING AND THEY’RE WELL…... IT DOESN’T
ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM AREN’T COMING…... NOT COMING, SORRY…... MATTER... DON’T WORRY…...
HOW COME?

Hi.. WILL I HAVE TO START

EATING SPINACH?
HIVA!

IT’S OLIVIA,
ISN’T IT?
AND YOU’RE
MARTIN...
HA HA, YOU’VE
GOT THE SAME
NAME AS POPEYE’S
GIRLFRIEND.
THAT’S GOOD IDEA...
AND THE SAME
ONE AS THE GIRL
IN FRINGE…...
?

AM I ON TIME?

DEPENDS...

ON WHAT?

ON WHAT YOU WANTED

TO BE ON TIME FOR…...

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TWO MONTHS LATER.
I CAN’T, I TOLD YOU
I’M MEETING AHMED…...
AHA.
… ... THEN CAROLINA TO HAVE A AND THEN I’VE GOT
LOOK AT SOME OF THE PAGES IN TO PICK ADRIAN UP.
HER COMIC…...
HI OLIVIA, HI
MARTIN.

HI SIR.

WHY DON’T YOU COME TO EH... …NO, NO. I CAN’T JUST BUT IF YOU LIKE I COULD COME TUT…... DOES YOUR
TRAINING AND WAIT FOR ME? NOT MEET THEM. AND MEET YOU WHEN I’VE BROTHER HAVE TO
PICKED ADRIAN UP…... COME?

BUT MARTIN, HE LOVES WATCHING YOU WELL, SEE YA...

PLAY…HE HAS SUCH A GREAT TIME.

SPEAK LATER...

HI AHMED, LET’S HAVE A

LOOK AT THIS THEOREM…...

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 SO WE’VE GOT A TRIANGLE SO A DIVIDED BY SIN A EQUALS B DIVIDED
WITH ANGLES ABC, RIGHT? BY SIN B, WHICH EQUALS…... OH, THERE
ABC. GOES MY MOBILE AGAIN.

MISS U...

NOT AGAIN!

FOR GOD’S SAKE I CAN’T CONCEN- HE’S JUST REALLY

OLIVIA, THAT’S TRATE WITH
THE TENTH TEXT... THAT GOING ON. AFFECTIONATE…...

HE’S A PAIN
IN THE
NECK MORE
LIKE...

YEAH, IT’S STOPPED WHAT? YOU WHAT ABOUT NO, NO IT’S NOT THAT…... WELL, ALRIGHT THEN…... I’LL LET
RAINING…... MEAN RIGHT CAROLINA AND... IT’S JUST I DON’T WANT THEM KNOW I’M NOT COMING…...
NOW? AND... ADRIAN ? TO CHANGE PLANS AT
THE LAST MINUTE.

UHM, AHMED... TRAINING’S

BEEN CALLED OFF AND…...
ER... WELL, I’M LEAVING…...

TAP, TAP,
TAP, TAP.

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 THAT WEEK...
I CAN BRING THE HI GUYS,
DRINKS…... WHAT’S UP?

HI OLI, WE’RE PLANNING TO COURSE! IT SOUNDS I’LL TELL MARTIN LATER...

GO TO THE BEACH THEN THE FANCY IT? GREAT! WE’LL DEFINITELY COME!
CINEMA ON SATURDAY.

HI BABE, WHAT KILLING ZOMBIES, WE’RE GOING TO THE ON SATURDAY? I’VE GOT A
ARE YOU DOING? WANNA JOIN ME? BEACH THEN THE CINEMA MATCH ON SATURDAY...
ON SATURDAY...

COURSE! AS IF YOU
NEED TO ASK...

WELL, UHM…... I’LL GO, I REALLY WHAT? I THOUGHT WERE

FEEL LIKE IT…... COMING TO SEE US PLAY...

... … IT’S A BIG

MATCH.

ER...… IT’S JUST IT’S

BEEN AGES SINCE I
WENT OUT WITH
THEM...

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 WHAT’S THE IT’S JUST, FOR GOD’S I’VE ALREADY TOLD THE
MATTER? AREN’T SAKE OLI, YOU MAKE GUYS YOU’RE COMING…...
WE PLAYING EVERYTHING SO COMPLI-
ANYMORE? CATED…...
I’D REALLY LIKE YOU
TO BE THERE...

WELL, YOU COULD HAVE AND BY THE WAY... CAN YOU YOU’RE KIDDING,
ASKED ME FIRST. DO YOUR TOP UP A BIT? I RIGHT?
CAN SEE EVERYTHING...

COME ON OLI…... THEN

ME AND YOU CAN GO
TO THE CINEMA…...

BUT TO SEE ONE

OF OUR FILMS, NOT COME ON, IT’S NO
THAT SOPPY STUFF BIG DEAL…...
YOUR FRIENDS ARE
INTO...

OH.
WHAT’S THE
MATTER?

IT WAS OLIVIA...
GUESS WHAT? WELL, IT’S NORMAL…
THEY’VE GOT BET-
SHE’S NOT COMING TER THINGS TO DO! OH PEDRITO, YOU’VE
ON SATURDAY. GOT A ONE TRACK
MIND.
KNEW IT!

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 THIS ONE’S NICE,
MUM.
TH...THAT ONE?

YES, WHAT’S WRONG WHY DO YOU SAY IT’S JUST AS YOU ALWAYS WEAR SHORT
WITH IT? DON’T YOU YES, YES I LIKE IT… I’M JUST SKIRTS, I’M NOT USED TO SEEING YOU
LIKE IT? SURPRISED YOU DO. THAT? IT SUITS ME. WITH SUCH A LONG ONE…...

SKIIIIIIIIRT...
OOO... LI... VIAA.

WELL MUM, I’M OLD ENOUGH WHY DON’T YOU STOP NO DARLING,
TO WEAR WHATEVER I LIKE, TREATING ME LIKE A CHILD? IT’S NOT THAT…...
AREN’T I?

AND STOP TALKING DOWN

TO ME LIKE THAT...

...I CAN’T STAND IT.

IT’S MARTIN... HE’S WAI- WH...WHAT ABOUT

TING FOR ME OUTSIDE... THE SKIRT?

I’M OFF.

I DON’T CARE! JUST

LEAVE IT THERE!
OLIVIAAA...
CROOOOOSS…...

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 HERE, YOU CAN I’M GOING FOR A
HAVE MY GO…... WEE.

BRING US UP SOME NICE YOU GET

COLD CANS…... THEM, BABE...

I’M GOING THE

OTHER WAY...

WHAT!?

CAN’T YOU EVEN DO THAT FOR US?! JUST YOU LISTEN IF I TELL YOU TO BRING US A DRINK,
WHAT’S UP? TO ME…...! YOU BRING IT AND THAT’S THAT!
YES, IF I WAS GOING DOWNSTAIRS,
BUT I’M NOT, SO YOU CAN DO IT...…

YOU’RE KIDDING,
RIGHT?

YEAH, A JOKE... DO US A FAVOUR AND JUST BRING THE *******

CANS AND LET’S FORGET ABOUT THIS.

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 THE NEXT MORNING AT SCHOOL…...

LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE IN A SITUATION OF AND REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO THERE’S ALSO THE
RISK AND THEY DON‘T REALISE IT... REPORT IT, TO REQUEST A RESTRAINING ORDER AND 016(*) HELPLINE AT
TO RECEIVE INFORMATION ON LEGAL PROCEDURES... YOUR DISPOSAL. I’LL
LEAVE YOU A LEAFLET…...

016(*): Helpline providing legal advice and information on gender-based violence.

OK, PLEASE THANK THE I’M IN A HURRY... THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
SPOKESWOMAN FROM THE VIO- IT WAS A PLEASURE…...
LENCE UNIT OF THE EQUALITY
MINISTRY FOR HER TIME.

OLIVIA, CAN YOU HANG

ON A MINUTE?
IT WON’T TAKE A
MOMENT...

DID YOU LIKE THE TALK? I DON’T KNOW WHETHER

YOU KNEW I COACHED HIM
FOR A FEW YEARS, HOW’S IT
GOING WITH HIM?
IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE...
THAT’S NOTHING TO DO
WITH YOU…...
I SEE YOU’RE GOING
OUT WITH MARTIN COME ON OLIVIA, DON’T
FROM THE FOOTBALL TRY AND ACT TOUGH,
TEAM…... IT’S NOT YOUR STYLE…...
YEAH...SO
WHAT?

WHAT IS MY STYLE IS FOR

PEOPLE TO LEAVE ME ALONE…... JUST TAKE THE LEAFLET
AND HAVE A LOOK AT IT,
PLEASE...

WHATEVER YOU SAY...… AND IF YOU’VE FI-

NISHED HAVING A GO AT ME, I’M GOING...

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 DO YOU LIKE CAROL? YOU HAVEN’T
IT? CALLED ME THAT FOR AGES...…
SINCE WE WERE LITTLE...…

DO YOU REMEMBER
THAT PUPPY?

LARACROF!
CAROL, THIS IS
AMAZING... HOW COULD I
FORGET?

GOD... WE WERE SO YEAH, DO YOU REMEMBER IT’S JUST THAT..…

SCARED. I SAID YOU WERE LIKE A UHM…... YOU’RE A
BLOCK OF WOOD? BIT LIKE THAT
NOW, OLIVIA…...

YOU’RE
PUSHING US
AWAY, YOUR
AHA... FRIENDS...

¡***** CAROLINA! NOT YOU I’M WORRIED

AS WELL! ABOUT YOU...

WELL YOU CAN STOP WORRYING

BECAUSE I’M A BIG GIRL NOW...

BUT OLIVIA...

LOOK, WHAT WE’VE GOT IS YOU LOT DON’T UNDERSTAND

SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL…... HOW WE FEEL.

ESPECIALLY YOU…... YOU’D NEVER

GET A GUY LIKE THAT...

WHAT’S THAT
SUPPOSED TO
MEAN?
PFFF...

DO I REALLY NEED TO SPELL IT OUT?

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 ... …AND WE
THRASHED THEM…...

HA, HA, OH MY
GOD!

HI BABE, WHAT’S UP? IT’S BECAUSE OF ME, ISN’T IT? BECAUSE OF THE DRINK
YOU LOOK A BIT DOWN... THING THE OTHER DAY…...

IT’S NOTHING...

YOU’RE RIGHT, I WAS OUT OF I’VE BEEN THINKING NO, SILLY...

ORDER…... ABOUT IT ALL DAY...

YOU KNOW I’M

HOOKED ON
YOU...

... HOPING TO BUMP INTO SO GO AHEAD, PUNISH ME, YELL

YOU TO SAY SORRY... AT ME, TELL ME TO GET
LOST, WHATEVER YOU WANT…...

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THAT WEEKEND OUTSIDE THE LOCAL BAR...
OLIVIA? FANCY COMING
HIYA. HI CAROLINA, FOR A DRINK? WE’RE
HOW’S IT GOING? ALL HERE...
HEY, ISN’T AH, OK...
THAT MARTIN?

... …AND THE WHOLE TEAM… WASN’T HE SUPPO-

SED TO BE PLAYING AWAY ALL WEEKEND?

YEAH, THAT’S WHAT OLIVIA

SAID... I’M GONNA RING HER.

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 UHM…... SHE’S NOT COMING...… AND, JUST LISTEN TO SHE’S EXPECTING MARTIN TO RING
SHE’S GOT TO LOOK AFTER HER THIS BIT…... AFTER THE MATCH!
BROTHER AND SHE’S STAYING IN
TO REVISE…...

HEY, THEY’RE LEAVING,

THE FOOTBALL GUYS
ARE LEAVING…...

LET’S FOLLOW THEM TO UHM…... BETTER NOT, ... ANYWAY WE’VE GOT TO REVISION
FIND OUT WHAT THEY DO, CAROLINA. WE DON’T WANT TO DO…...
OK GUYS? ANY TROUBLE…...

WELL, I’M GONNA HMMM, WHERE COULD THEY HAVE GOT TO?
FOLLOW THEM...

COME ON THEN IF
YOU THINK YOU’RE
HARD ENOUGH!

OH MY GOD!
LET’S SEE
WHAT
YOU’RE
MADE OF..

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 SUNDAY EVENING.
HEY, YOU’VE GOT A MASSIVE
BRUISE ON YOUR RIBS...

OH, THAT’LL BE FROM

YESTERDAY’S MATCH…...

I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU CAN WELL YOU DON’T SEEM TO

LIKE SUCH A VIOLENT SPORT…... MIND WIPING OUT ZOMBIES...

OH THAT’S NOT THE SAME,

THAT’S PRETEND...

HAVE YOU
THOUGHT ABOUT
WHAT I SAID?

ABOUT KILLING
ZOMBIES?

NO STUPID, ABOUT
TAKING IT FURTHER…...

THERE’S NO WAY I’M LETTING

YOU TAKE PHOTOS OF ME WITH
YOUR MOBILE!

YOU KNOW I’M NOT

TALKING ABOUT
THAT…...

I DON’T KNOW… LET ME THINK

ABOUT IT A BIT LONGER…...

YOU ALWAYS SAY THAT YOU

LOVE ME: IT’S ABOUT TIME YOU
SHOWED ME, ISN’T IT?

YES, AND I’VE NEVER LOVED ANYBODY LIKE

I LOVE YOU, BUT I NEED MORE TIME.

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I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR MON- WHAT WE’VE GOT IS SPE- THE OTHER DAY I SAW YOU OH THAT? THAT’S NOTHING,
THS, I CAN’T WAIT FOREVER…... CIAL, YOU’LL NEVER FIND FOOLING AROUND WITH SOME IT’S NORMAL FOR GUYS TO
ANYTHING LIKE IT…... GIRLS... FOOL AROUND...

YEAH, BUT YOU DON’T LET …... AND IF THEY DO YOU SPEND AGES NOT
ANYONE GO ANYWHERE NEAR ME... SPEAKING TO ME AND YOU GET IN A SORRY, BUT IT’S STUFF
RIGHT STROP…... I’VE BEEN WANTING TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT
YOU’VE DONE IT AGAIN! YOU’VE FOR A WHILE...
CHANGED THE SUBJECT AGAIN!
STUFF? IS THERE
ANY OTHER STUFF?

YES, BUT
DON’T GET
CROSS…...

IT’S JUST WE ALWAYS IS THAT EVERYTHING YOU

GO OUT WITH YOUR WANTED TO TELL ME?
FRIENDS…... I MISS MINE.

PFFF, YEAH BUT

YOUR FRIENDS ARE SO UHM...YOUR
STRAIGHT…... FRIEND RICARDO…...

… AND BORING...… YOU’VE WHAT

SAID IT YOURSELF ABOUT HIM?
BEFORE…...

I DON’T KNOW…... I JUST DON’T LIKE HIM…... HIS FAMILY HAVE PROBLEMS AND I KIND OF
YOU ACT DIFFERENTLY WHEN YOU’RE LOOK, RICARDO’S LIKE
WITH HIM. A BROTHER TO ME…... FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR HIM…...

HE ISN’T A GOOD
INFLUENCE…...

HE ISN’T A GOOD
INFLUENCE? YOU
SOUND LIKE MY OLD
WOMAN!

IF YOU’RE AS KIND AS YOU SAY,

YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND
THAT, SHOULDN’T YOU?

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 COME ON MARTIN,
DON’T BE LIKE
THAT…...

IT’S LIKE YOU’RE DELI-

BERATELY TRYING TO
**** ME OFF!

OH, HELLO CAROL… OLIVIA’S NOT

HERE, SHE’S AT A
BASKETBALL GAME...
COME ON IN THEN, I THINK I KNOW
WHAT YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME
ABOUT…...

HELLO CARMEN, I DIDN’T COME TO

SEE HER, I CAME TO SEE YOU…...

THE FOLLOWING DAY.

HAVE YOU SEEN H…...HI OLIVIA...… SH... …SHE WAS
CAROLINA? PLAYING BASKETBALL…...

WHAT’S THE
MATTER?

CAROLINA!

EH, EH...

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 CALM DOWN CALM DOWN?! MY FOLKS AND JUST WHEN I’D SORTED
WHAT THE **** DID YOU OLIVIA... ARE PACKING ME OFF TO MY HOLIDAY OUT WITH
TELL MY MUM AND DAD?! IRELAND FOR THE WHOLE MARTIN…...
SUMMER!
YOU’RE RIGHT, I’M SORRY,
I SHOULDN’T HAVE GONE
TO YOUR FOLKS…...

THE THING IS YOU DON’T REALISE BUT YOU’RE

NOT YOU ANYMORE, IT’S LIKE YOU’VE HAD A THAT’S MY BUSINESS!! AND I TOLD YOU, YOU’RE MY FRIEND
PERSONALITY TRANSPLANT…... YOU SHOULD LEAVE OUT OF IT! AND I’M WORRIED ABOUT YOU…...

WELL FROM NOW ON YOU‘LL HAVE TO

WORRY ABOUT FINDING ANOTHER FRIEND TO
PUT UP WITH YOUR STUPID IDEAS...

HEY, THAT’S OUT YOUR PROBLEM IS IF EVERYTHING’S SO GREAT WITH HIM, LAST SATURDAY? THEY
OF ORDER... THAT YOUR’RE WHY DON’T YOU ASK HIM ABOUT LAST WERE PLAYING AWAY…...
SO JEALOUS YOU SATURDAY NIGHT?
CAN’T STAND IT. ARE YOU SURE ABOUT
THAT? WHY DON’T YOU
ASK HIM?

YOU’RE JUST NOT YOU’RE...… YOU’RE LIKE THAT THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE
THE SAME ANYMORE LITTLE DOG THAT LOOKED LIKE WHEN YOU’RE WITH GO TO
OLIVIA, YOU’VE LOST SO FRIGHTENED AT ITS MARTIN…... HELL!
YOUR SPARK…... OWNER…...

NO WAY IS THAT
LOVE...

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 WHERE R U? AT FTBLL, WHY? WHAT HAPPENED LAST SATURDAY
NIGHT, MARTIN?

EH?

THERE WASN’T A MATCH, WAS WHO TOLD YOU

THERE? THAT?!

WHO’S
GRASSED?!

THAT’S NOTHING TO
SO IT’S TRUE THEN? DO WITH YOU…...

WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT’S

NOTHING TO DO WITH ME?!

I’M SUPPOSED TO TELL

YOU EVERYTHING I DO!
WHO I’M WITH, WHERE
I’M GOING AND YOU JUST
LIE TO ME!

OK, I LIED... BECAUSE GIRLS DON’T UN- GOING AROUND PICKING

DERSTAND THAT STUFF... FIGHTS?
WE WENT TO SETTLE
A SCORE WITH THE
GUYS FROM THE OTHER
TEAM…...
IT’S NO BIG DEAL...

I SEE, THE BRUISE WHY DIDN’T YOU WHAT’RE YOU TALKING DO YOU THINK THAT’S GOT
WAS FROM THE FIGHT…... TELL ME? ABOUT? TO DO WITH BEING A GIRL?

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 LOOK I’M GETTING FED UP NOW TELL ME WHO WHAT’RE YOU GONNA DO?
WITH YOUR NONSENSE…... GRASSED! SETTLE A SCORE WITH ME?

WELL IT WON’T BE BECAUSE YOU DON’T TELL ME, WHO RAQUEL? THE PAKI?
DESERVE IT…... WAS IT? WHO TOLD
YOU?
CAROLINA?

OF COURSE, CAROLINA... THAT ****STIRRER!

I’LL TEACH HER CA... CAROL...

A THING OR
TWO!

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“YOU’RE LIKE THAT LITTLE DOG THAT CAROL...
LOOKED SO FRIGHTENED AT ITS OWNER”

MARTÍN, NO!

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 HUH!

NO! I’LL LET YOU GO

THIS TIME…...!

BUT NOT WITHOUT OWWWW,

TEACHING YOU A LESSON... MY HEAD...

I’LL DEAL WITH YOU LATER... YOU CAN STAY WITH YOUR WEIRDO?
WEIRDO FRIEND…...

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 ARE YOU ALRIGHT,
CAROL?

THE FOLLOWING DAY.

WHAT DO WE DO IF HE GETS AGGRESSIVE? YEAH, BUT WHAT IF HE DOES?
THERE THEY ARE...
WELL WE’LL CALL THE POLICE,
WON’T WE?

YEAH, AND IT
LOOKS LIKE
THEY’RE ARGUING.
HE WOULDN’T DARE WITH
ALL THESE PEOPLE AROUND.

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 YEP, COME
LOOK, I THINK ON...
MARTIN’S LEAVING...

HOW ARE FINE, FINE… I BROKE ... FOR GOOD! AND LOOK AT YOU! NOT A WELL, I’VE DONE ALL THE
YOU? UP WITH HIM...… SINGLE TEAR! CRYING I NEEDED TO…...

HE DOESN’T DESERVE ANY

MORE TEARS...

THANKS FOR BEING ME TOO RAQUEL, ME TOO… WHAT’S

WE’RE YOUR MATES…... YOU CAN’T GET BUT I DIDN’T WANT TO THAT?
HERE FOR ME GUYS.... RID OF US THAT EASILY. BE THAT LITTLE DOG....
OH MY GOD, I WAS
SO SCARED!

NOTHING, NOTHING, I’LL

TELL YOU SOME OTHER
TIME...

SHALL WE GO AND HAVE

A NICE RELAXING DRINK?

YOU GO, THERE’S

STILL SOMETHING I
NEED TO DO…...

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 HELLO
I’LL GET IT... CAROL.

DON’T CLOSE THE

DOOR, PLEASE.

I’VE GOT SOMETHING FOR WHAT IS IT? I’M NOT IN TRUST ME…... OPEN IT OLIVIA! BUT HOW?
YOU... THE MOOD FOR ANY MORE AND YOU’LL FIND OUT…...
SURPRISES…...

WELL...… UHM...… I BUT I THINK THAT’S COME HERE YOU!

GOT A BIT WET…... ALL OF THEM, ISN’T IT?

AND DON’T WORRY GIVE ME ANOTHER HUG!

ABOUT MARTIN…...

I DUMPED HIM FOR YOU’RE SUCH A SOFTY!

GOOD!

I’VE LEARNT MY LES- I’VE JUST THOUGHT OF

SON, CAROL! THANKS SOMETHING…...
TO YOU...
I’M GOING TO DO A COMIC
STRIP ABOUT THIS STORY…...

I’LL CALL IT: “HOOKED ON YOU”.

THE END
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Survey on Equality and Prevention of Gender-based Violence in
Adolescence at:

www.mspsi.es

Cristina Durán (1970) and Miguel Ángel Giner

Bou (1969) graduated in Fine Arts under the speciality of
Drawing from the San Carlos School of Fine Arts in Valencia
(UPV). In 1993 they opened the LaGRUAestudio where they have
been professionally engaged ever since in comics and editorial
and advertising illustration. In 2009, Ediciones Sins Entido pu-
blished its graphic novel UNA POSIBILIDAD ENTRE MIL. In March
2010 it was also published in French by the publishing house
Dargaud under the title UNE CHANCE SUR UN MILLION. The no-
vel was shortlisted for the National Comic Prize 2010 awarded
by the Culture Ministry and in 2011 it won second prize in Fran-
ce in the 1er Trophée “les Bds qui font la différence”.

www.lagruaestudio.com
www.unaposibilidadentremil.com

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HOOKED ON YOU
OLIVIA AND MARTIN'S STORY
“It might seem made up, a cautionary tale
rather than a true story, or something su-
rreal and far off, as if real life had nothing
to do with the pictures in the comic-strip
or the characters with people we see every
day on the metro or the bus. But I can as-
sure you that Olivia and Martin’s story is
real and the characters in it aren’t from
another planet or a figment of someone’s
imagination. The main characters could
be any of those girls or boys you see each
day around school or down at the local
shopping centre. People you know, girls
who fall for boys who seem lovely at first,
but who then start thinking they own the
girl, that she belongs to him…and they
stop being lovely and turn violent...”

Taken from the foreword by Miguel Lorente Acosta

Government Delegate for Gender-based Violence

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