Paco Roca


Francisco Martínez Roca aka Paco Roca 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 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.

Selected works

  • 2000- El juego lúgubre
  • 2004- El Faro
  • * English: The Lighthouse 2005- La casa
  • * English: The House
  • 2007- Arrugas,
  • * English: Wrinkles
  • 2011- El Invierno del Dibujante,
  • * English: The Winter of the Cartoonist
  • 2013- Los Surcos del Azar
  • * English: Twists of Fate
  • 2020 - Regreso al Edén'',

Awards