Paco 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. He's best known for his comic-books like Wrinkles. Perro Verde Films produced a cinema adaptation titled Arrugas (Spanish for Wrinkles) directed by Ignacio Ferreras and released on September 19, 2011.
Paco Roca
Ferran Cornellà · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Born
- 1969
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- comics artist · screenwriter · writer · penciller · illustrator · draftsperson · comics writer
- Movements
- graphic novel
- Known for
- Wrinkles
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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. He's best known for his comic-books like Wrinkles. Perro Verde Films produced a cinema adaptation titled Arrugas (Spanish for Wrinkles) directed by Ignacio Ferreras and released on September 19, 2011.
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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.
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- “Paco Roca”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards
(2008) Premio Nacional del Cómic (2011) Barcelona International Comics Convention (2012) Goya Award at Best Adapted Screenplay (2014) Gran Premio Romics at International Comics Festival Rome (2019) Inkpot Award (2025) PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award for Return to Eden
La periodista Anna Abella moderant la taula rodona "còmic i periodisme", amb l'escriptor Jorge Carrión i el dibuixant Paco Roca al Saló del Còmic de Barcelona de 2018. Dissabte 14 d'abril de 2018, 12.30 h. Sala còmic 5. Barcelona.
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La periodista Anna Abella moderant la taula rodona "còmic i periodisme", amb l'escriptor Jorge Carrión, el dibuixant Paco Roca i el guionista Francisco Sánchez al Saló del Còmic de Barcelona de 2018. Dissabte 14 d'abril de 2018, 12.30 h. Sala còmic 5. Barcelona.
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- 1.García (2010), p. 263.
- 2.Pérez, Pepo (02/2009). Entrevista a Paco Roca: La vida es sueño , "Rockdelux".
- 3.González, Lucía (17/05/2009). El mundo del cómic, entre bambalinas, "El Mundo".
- 4.Julius Purcell. Wrinkles by Paco Roca review – a tender graphic novel about Alzheimer's disease. The Guardian. 13 February 2015.
- 5.Terrassa, Rodrigo. 'Arrugas' da el salto al cine. El Mundo'. 25 March 2009.
- 6.Young, Neil. Wrinkles (Arrugas): Film Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 2011-09-19.
- 7.Rughe (2011). IMDb.
- 8.bilderundworte.de , retrieved 25 October 2013.
- 9.diariosigloxxi.com, retrieved 25 October 2013
- 10.Dueben, Alex. Interview: Famed Spanish cartoonist Paco Roca talks about history, memory and dreams. The Beat. 2017-06-12.
- 11.Harper, Morten. Paco Roca: Tales of Memory and Consciousness. The Comics Journal. 2015-03-06.
- 12.Vineberg, Kerry. INTERVIEW: Paco Roca brings life to cartooning history in THE WINTER OF THE CARTOONIST. The Beat. 2021-03-22.
- 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. July 2025.
- 16.Inkpot Award
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Koldo Azpitarte (2009). Senderos. Una retrospectiva de la obra de Paco Roca. Laukatu Ediciones.
- Santiago García (strip cartoonist) (2010). La novela gráfica, Bilbao: Astiberri Ediciones.
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