Joan Cornellà

Joan Cornellà
Joan Cornellà at Lucca Comics & Games 2014
Born Joan Cornellà Vázquez
(1981-01-11) 11 January 1981
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Area(s) Cartoonist
Awards Josep Coll Bardolet

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.

Biography

Joan Cornellà Vázquez was born in Barcelona, Spain 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.[1]

In 2009 he won the third edition of the Josep Coll Prize with his album Abulio, published in the next year by Glénat.[2] 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 Most of the material was previously unpublished, although it also contains material published in El Jueves and various other fanzines.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.[3]

Cornellà collaborated with visual designer Stefania Lusini in 2016 as an illustrator for the cover of Wilco's tenth studio album, Schmilco.[4]

Bibliography

Year Title Publisher Notes
2010 Abulio Glénat Editions
2012 Fracasa Mejor (self-published, 2012) Self-published
2013 Mox Nox Bang Ediciones
2014 New mYnd Aristas Martínez Ediciones Illustrations only
2015 Zonzo Self-published
2016 Sot Self-published

References

  1. ↑ "On Legs, Seats and Subway Etiquette - NYTimes.com". Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Yexus (08/11/2010). Los nombres que saltan a escena, "El diario montañés". (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Mox Nox". Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "WILCO NEW ALBUM". Retrieved 12 September 2016.
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