Pepo Pérez posted a few pages of a new graphic novel by Spanish creator Paco Roca on his blog, Es Muy De Comic. The book is called, El Invierno Del Dibujante (which I guess translates as the Winter of the Cartoonist) and from what I can gather it’s a true story of the trials and tribulations of a comic creator in the 1950’s. The art of the book is simply gorgeous, and I can’t wait for a French or English publisher to pick this up, so that I can at least read it…
The book will be published in 2010 by Spanish publisher, Astiberri.
(artwork by Paco Roca)
The 15 firsts pages can be viewed here:
http://www.elpais.com/elpaismedia/ultimahora/media/201011/15/cultura/20101115elpepucul_1_Pes_PDF.pdf
Also, an article in EL PAIS (a spanish newspaper where Paco Roca has published some artwork):
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Paco/Roca/dibuja/combate/dignidad/franquismo/elpepucul/20101115elpepucul_1/Tes