Xon de la Campa

He is the illustrator and co-author of the role-playing game Depués d’Ochobre,^[2] and has illustrated the covers of many novels, including 1809: Cartes de la Revolución de Trubia, La Rexenta contra Drácula, and Fort Paniceiros: Una hestoria de la de mi'madre. He also illustrated the Asturian translations of The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and Dracula.^[3] He authored comic strips for the local newspaper La Información del Bajo Nalón between 2017 and 2018.

As a writer, he began with short stories in the anthologies 78 Crímenes, 78 Conceyos and L’Horru de Vapor (also illustrated by him), before debuting as a novelist with La Bastarda de Pelayu (2023).^[4] That same year, he won the Alfonso Iglesias Prize for Asturian-Language Comic^[5] with the comic Misteriu nel soterrañu (Mystery in the Underground). In 2024, he published his second novel, La Über-Xana y el fugáu (The Über-Xana and the Maqui).^[6] He is part of the generation of "L'Espardimientu", aiming to create a fantastic imaginary rooted in Asturian culture.^[7]

He translated the Asturian versions of The Smurfs.^[8][9]

Beyond his work as a cartoonist, illustrator, author, and translator, he is a co-founder and organizer of AsturCon, the Asturian Fantasy Convention,^[10][11][12] and a promoter of the Fontenebrosa Awards.^[13] He has also participated in other cultural events such as the Festival Celsius 232^[14][15][16] or the Peor... ¡Imposible! film cycle.^[17]

Novels

• La Bastarda de Pelayu (Ediciones Radagast, 2023)
• Über-Xana y el fugáu (Ediciones Radagast, 2024)

Short stories

• Na ponte, in the anthology 78 crímenes, 78 conceyos (Ediciones Radagast, 2022)
• La nueche del home de fueu, in L'horru de vapor^[18] (Ediciones Radagast, 2023)
• Curiel Pandellagares, in the anthology L'horru máxicu (Ediciones Radagast, 2024)

Translations

• L'Estrunfísimu by Peyo (Ediciones Radagast, 2024)
• Los estrunfinos prietos by Peyo (Ediciones Radagast, 2025)

Comics

• Misteriu nel soterrañu (Ediciones Trabe, 2024)