Laura Pérez Granel

Laura Pérez Granel studied at Reial Acadèmia de Belles Arts de Sant Carles de València and Barcelona School of Fine Arts. The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is illustration and book illustration. Distinctions recorded are Premio El Ojo Crítico.

• Name — Laura Pérez Granel • Born — 1983 • Birthplace — Valencia, Spain • Education — * Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia • Escuela de Bellas Artes de Barcelona • Occupation — Cartoonist and illustrator • Website — https: www.lauraperez.net/

Pérez graduated from Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia in 2010, after taking various courses abroad thanks to the Erasmus Programme, Promoe, and SICUE. While abroad, she studied at the School of Fine Arts of Rennes, Alberta University of the Arts, and the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. Peréz's first graphic novel, Naúfragos was published in 2016 together with screenwriter Pablo Monforte and went on to win the X Premio Internacional de Novela Gráfica Fnac-Salamandra Graphic award. It is a graphic novel about nostalgia set in 1981 Madrid during La Movida Madrileña and in 1991 Barcelona. The work was translated into French in 2018 with Des ronds and into English in 2021 with Dark Horse Comics as Castaways. In 2019, she published her first solo work Ocultos, a paranormal graphic novel about the mystery of reality, with Astiberri Ediciones. That same year, the work received the Award for the Best National Album at the Splash Sagunt, the comic festival in Valencian Community which is celebrated in Sagunto. In 2020, she was honored with the Critical Eye Awards by Radio Nacional de España for her poetic style, ability to portray estrangement, the delicate, and the dark. Also in 2020, the Asociación Española de Fantasía, Ciencia Ficción y Terror (AEFCFT) awarded Ocultos the Premio Ignotus for the best national comic. Pérez works as an illustrator for national media like El País, international media like The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and The Boston Globe, and magazines Vanity Fair and National Geographic. She has also completed commissions for organizations like the World Health Organization. In 2021, she created the poster announcing the twelfth Navarra Comic Fair and the Eighth Splash Sagunt. Pérez appears in the fourth volume of Illustration Now! by Taschen, has been included Lunwerg's list of the best illustrators, and, in 2019, was included in the book Reinas de la ilustración española del siglo XXI (Queens of Spanish illustration in the 21st century) by Cristian Campos for Norma Editorial. In 2021, Pérez began to work with the American studio Elastic in creating the titles for Only Murders in the Building. Pérez also created the work by Mabel, the character portrayed by Selena Gomez. This work was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2022.

• 2016 – Naúfragos. With Pablo Monforte. Salamandra Graphic. ISBN 9788416131266. • 2019 – Ocultos. Astiberri Ediciones. ISBN 9788417575076. • 2021 – Tótem. Astiberri Ediciones. ISBN 9788418215544. • 2022 – Espanto. Astiberri Ediciones. ISBN 9788418909351. • 2024 – Nocturnos. Astiberri Ediciones. ISBN 9788419670540.