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.García (2010), p. 263.Pérez, Pepo (02/2009). Entrevista a Paco Roca: La vida es sueño , "Rockdelux".González, Lucía (17/05/2009). El mundo del cómic, entre bambalinas, "El Mundo".
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.
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.bilderundworte.de , retrieved 25 October 2013.diariosigloxxi.com, retrieved 25 October 2013
Selected works
2000- El juego lúgubre (La Cúpula) 2004- El Faro (Astiberri) English: The Lighthouse (NBM Publishing, 2017) 2005- La casa (Astiberri) English: The House (translated by Andrea Rosenberg, Fantagraphics, 2019) 2007- Arrugas, (Astiberri) English: Wrinkles (Knockabout Comics, 2008) 2011- El Invierno del Dibujante, (Astiberri) English: The Winter of the Cartoonist (translated by Andrea Rosenberg, Fantagraphics, 2020) 2013- Los Surcos del Azar (Astiberri) English: Twists of Fate (Fantagraphics, 2018) 2020 - Regreso al Edén, (Astiberri)
Awards (2008) Premio Nacional del CómicEl dibujante Paco Roca gana el Premio Nacional de Cómic con 'Arrugas', 20minutos, 18 de noviembre de 2008. (2011) Barcelona International Comics ConventionGraell, Vanessa (15/04/2011). Y el Oscar del cómic va para... , El Mundo. (2012) Goya Award at Best Adapted Screenplay (2014) Gran Premio Romics at International Comics Festival Rome (2019) Inkpot AwardInkpot Award (2025) PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award for Return to Eden
Further reading 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.
References
External links
Paco Roca en Guía del cómic Ficha del autor in Tebeosfera by Félix López Interview to Paco Roca in DComic