Paco Roca
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 Paco Roca in the Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, 2019. |
Francisco Martínez Roca aka Paco Roca (born in 1969 on Valencia, Spain) is a Spanish strip cartoonist with experience in graphic novels and advertisement illustrations.[1][2][3]
He's best known for his comic-books like Wrinkles.[4] Perro Verde Films produced a cinema adaptation titled Arrugas (Spanish for Wrinkles) directed by Ignacio Ferreras and released on September 19, 2011.[5][6][7]
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Roca read comics since childhood, such as Asterix and Obelix, Lieutenant Blueberry and Tintin. In addition to these comic classics, the style of comic authors such as Richard Corben, Carlos Giménez and Frank Miller also influenced him. Later he studied art and then earned his livelihood in an advertising agency.[8][9]
Selected works
[edit | edit source]- 2000- El juego lúgubre (La Cúpula)
- 2004- El Faro (Astiberri)
- English: The Lighthouse (NBM Publishing, 2017)[10]
- 2005- La casa (Astiberri)
- English: The House (translated by Andrea Rosenberg, Fantagraphics, 2019)
- 2007- Arrugas, (Astiberri)
- English: Wrinkles (Knockabout Comics, 2008)[11]
- 2011- El Invierno del Dibujante, (Astiberri)
- English: The Winter of the Cartoonist (translated by Andrea Rosenberg, Fantagraphics, 2020)[12]
- 2013- Los Surcos del Azar (Astiberri)
- English: Twists of Fate (Fantagraphics, 2018)
- 2020 - Regreso al Edén, (Astiberri)
Awards
[edit | edit source]- (2008) Premio Nacional del Cómic[13]
- (2011) Barcelona International Comics Convention[14]
- (2012) Goya Award at Best Adapted Screenplay
- (2014) Gran Premio Romics at International Comics Festival Rome[15]
- (2019) Inkpot Award[16]
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Koldo Azpitarte (2009). Senderos. Una retrospectiva de la obra de Paco Roca. Laukatu Ediciones. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Santiago García (strip cartoonist) (2010). La novela gráfica, Bilbao: Astiberri Ediciones.
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ García (2010), p. 263.
- ^ Pérez, Pepo (02/2009). Entrevista a Paco Roca: La vida es sueño Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, "Rockdelux".
- ^ González, Lucía (17/05/2009). El mundo del cómic, entre bambalinas, "El Mundo".
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- ^ bilderundworte.de Archived 2016-04-28 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ^ diariosigloxxi.com, retrieved 25 October 2013 (in Spanish)
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- ^ El dibujante Paco Roca gana el Premio Nacional de Cómic con 'Arrugas', 20minutos, 18 de noviembre de 2008.
- ^ Graell, Vanessa (15/04/2011). Y el Oscar del cómic va para... , El Mundo.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).[permanent dead link]
- ^ Inkpot Award
External links
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- Paco Roca's official website
- Paco Roca en Guía del cómic Archived 2009-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Ficha del autor in Tebeosfera by Félix López
- Interview to Paco Roca in DComic
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