Kiko da Silva

da Silva in 2011

Francisco Javier Da Silva Irago,[citation needed] better known as Kiko da Silva, is a Galician illustrator and cartoonist.

Career

In April 2010, he was awarded a €6,000 grant from the Art and Law Foundation for the realization of his first graphic novel.[1][2]

Da Silva has exhibited and discussed his work in different venues and events. He was part of the opening press conference of the 2017 edition of Viñetas desde o Atlántico in A Coruna, Spain, along fellow authors Ralph Meyer and Dave McKean.[3]

He has received multiple awards for his creative work.[4] His mockumentary comic book El infierno del dibujante (Illustrator's hell) was awarded the Banda Deseñada Castelao prize from the city of A Coruna.[5]

O Garaxe Hermético

In 2012, he founded O Garaxe Hermético, a professional school of comics and illustration in Pontevedra.[6] Artists such as Francesc Capdevila Gisbert and David Rubín have lectured at the school.[7] The venue has also hosted comic book events, such as an exhibition by American cartoonist Peter Bagge in 2022.[8]

Politics

He has also been involved in local politics. In 2018, he took part in a campaign against historical revisionism,[9] and in 2021, he was part of a dispute relating to the tendering procedures of the local government.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Al otro lado del muro... ...Se esconde Kiko da Silva". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  2. ^ "Kiko da Silva, becado por la Fundación Arte y Derecho para su novela gráfica". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 2010-04-21. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  3. ^ "Ralph Meyer revisita el wéstern en el cómic "Undertaker"". El Obrero (in European Spanish). 2017-08-08. Archived from the original on 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  4. ^ "Kiko Da Silva,Debuxante | BANDA DESENADA | GALEGA". www.culturagalega.org. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  5. ^ Jiménez, Jesús (2015-06-02). "'El infierno del dibujante', un cómic planteado como un falso documental". RTVE (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  6. ^ Conde, María (2012-04-22). "O Garaxe Hermético se destapa al mejor cómic e ilustración". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  7. ^ Sobrino, Ismael (2013). "O GARAXE HERMÉTICO". Tebeosfera (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  8. ^ López, Belén (2022-04-01). "Peter Bagge visitará Pontevedra en maio". Diario de Pontevedra (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  9. ^ "Acto de protesta para reivindicar o auténtico significado da obra de Castelao fronte o revisionismo de Feijóo". Galicia Confidencial. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  10. ^ "O debuxante Kiko da Silva denunciará ao líder do PP de Pontevedra por insinuar que foi contratado a "dedo"". Galicia Confidencial. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  11. ^ "O xulgado desestima a demanda do ilustrador Kiko da Silva contra o portavoz do PP de Pontevedra". Galicia Confidencial. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
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