Paco Roca

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

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]

Paco Roca
Paco Roca in the Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, 2019.

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)
  • 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

• (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

• 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)