Joan Cornellà
Joan Cornellà Vázquez (born 11 January 1981) is a Spanish cartoonist and illustrator, famous for his unsettling, surreal humor and black humor comic strips as well as artwork.
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Joan Cornellà

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- Birth Name
- Joan Cornellà Vázquez
- Birthplace
- Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Born
- 11 January 1981
- Nationality
- Spanish
- Awards
- Josep Coll Bardolet
- Occupation
- comics artist.
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• Birth Name — Joan Cornellà Vázquez • Birthplace — Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain • Born — 11 January 1981 • Nationality — Spanish • Area — Cartoonist • Cartoonist — y • Awards — Josep Coll Bardolet
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Joan Cornellà, born in 1981, is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Biography
Joan Cornellà Vázquez was born in Barcelona on 11 January 1981. Having graduated in fine arts, he has collaborated for numerous publications, such as La cultura del Duodeno, El Periódico, Ara and has illustrated for The New York Times. In 2009 he won the third edition of the Josep Coll Prize with his album Abulio, published in the next year by Glénat. Since 2010, he has provided cartoons for the Spanish magazine El Jueves. In 2012, Fracasa Mejor, a selection of Cornellà's black-and-white cartoons made from 2010 to 2012, was published. Most of the material was previously unpublished, although it also contains material published in El Jueves and various other fanzines. In 2013, a third album of his, Mox Nox, was published via Bang Ediciones. Cornellà collaborated with visual designer Stefania Lusini in 2016 as an illustrator for the cover of Wilco's tenth studio album, Schmilco.

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Joan Cornellà born at Barcelona.
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