Paco Roca

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Roca.
Paco Roca
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

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

  • 2000- El juego lúgubre (La Cúpula)
  • 2004- El Faro (Astiberri)
  • 2005- La casa (Astiberri)
    • English: The House (translated by Andrea Rosenberg, Fantagraphics, 2019)
  • 2007- Arrugas, (Astiberri)
  • 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

Further reading

  • Koldo Azpitarte (2009). Senderos. Una retrospectiva de la obra de Paco Roca. Laukatu Ediciones. ISBN 978-84-613-6384-1
  • Santiago García (strip cartoonist) (2010). La novela gráfica, Bilbao: Astiberri Ediciones.
  • Santiago García (coord.) (May 2013). Panorama. La novela gráfica española hoy. Bilbao: Astiberri Ediciones. ISBN 978-84-15685-26-5. Data base: BI-186-13.

References

  1. ^ García (2010), p. 263.
  2. ^ Pérez, Pepo (02/2009). Entrevista a Paco Roca: La vida es sueño Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, "Rockdelux".
  3. ^ González, Lucía (17/05/2009). El mundo del cómic, entre bambalinas, "El Mundo".
  4. ^ Julius Purcell (13 February 2015). "Wrinkles by Paco Roca review – a tender graphic novel about Alzheimer's disease". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  5. ^ Terrassa, Rodrigo (25 March 2009). "'Arrugas' da el salto al cine". El Mundo'. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  6. ^ Young, Neil (2011-09-19). "Wrinkles (Arrugas): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  7. ^ "Rughe (2011)". IMDb. Retrieved 23 August 2018. Release Dates 19 September 2011 (San Sebastián Film Festival)
  8. ^ bilderundworte.de, retrieved 25 October 2013.
  9. ^ diariosigloxxi.com, retrieved 25 October 2013 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Dueben, Alex (2017-06-12). "Interview: Famed Spanish cartoonist Paco Roca talks about history, memory and dreams". The Beat. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  11. ^ Harper, Morten (2015-03-06). "Paco Roca: Tales of Memory and Consciousness". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  12. ^ Vineberg, Kerry (2021-03-22). "INTERVIEW: Paco Roca brings life to cartooning history in THE WINTER OF THE CARTOONIST". The Beat. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  13. ^ El dibujante Paco Roca gana el Premio Nacional de Cómic con 'Arrugas', 20minutos, 18 de noviembre de 2008.
  14. ^ Graell, Vanessa (15/04/2011). Y el Oscar del cómic va para... , El Mundo.
  15. ^ "Paco Roca, l'autore di Rughe vince il Gran premio Romics 2014 grazie a I solchi del destino". Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  16. ^ Inkpot Award
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