Juanjo Guarnido

Template:Short description Template:Lead too short Template:Infobox comics creator Juanjo Guarnido (born 1967) is a Spanish illustrator and the co-author of the comic book series Blacksad.

Early life

Guarnido was born in Granada, Spain. He studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Granada.Template:Citation needed

Career

Guarnido collaborated on several fanzines and produced work for Marvel Comics. Unfortunately, the small size of the Spanish market forced him to turn to other means of earning a living. In 1990, he left Granada and moved to Madrid, where he worked on a TV series for three years. There he met Juan Díaz Canales, with whom he discussed producing comics. In 1993, Guarnido applied for a job with the Walt Disney Studios in Montreuil, France and consequently moved to Paris.<ref name="lambiek">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was the lead animator for the character Sabor in the Disney film Tarzan,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as well as the lead animator for Hades in Hercules and Helga in Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

After Guarnido left Disney, he reconnected with Canales. After contacting several editors, Guarnido and Canales finally signed on with French publisher Dargaud, and in November 2000, Quelque part entre les ombres (Somewhere within the Shadows) was published.<ref name="lambiek"/> It was a success among critics and the public, and won the Prix de la Découverte at the Sierre International Comics Festival and the "Avenir" Prize at the Lys-lez-Lannoy Festival, respectively in Switzerland and France.<ref name="dargaud"/> In March 2003, the second album Arctic-Nation was released. It was once again a success, winning the Prize Awarded by the Audience and the Prize for Artwork at the 2004 Angoulême International Comics Festival. The third instalment of the Blacksad series, Âme Rouge (Red Soul), was published in 2005. In 2006 it was awarded the Angoulême Prize for a Series.<ref name="mollat"/>

In 2009 Guarnido teamed up with writer Alain Ayroles, who is known for two hugely successful BD series in France - Garulfo and De cap et de Crocs, to begin work on a 'one shot' project that resulted in the release of Les Indes Fourbes (The treacherous Indies) by publishing house Delcourt some ten years later, in 2019.<ref>Hulley, Bart. « A Picture Isn’t Always Worth A Thousand Words ». The Comics Journal (blog), 22 septembre 2020. http://www.tcj.com/a-picture-isnt-always-worth-a-thousand-words/.</ref> Billed as the second part of El Buscón (The Swindler) by Francisco de Quevedo, it is narrated by lovable rogue Don Pablos whose aim in life is to become a gentleman. Les Indes Fourbes starts with Don Pablos’ journey to the New World and the comedy of events that unfold.

Awards

• 2000: Prize for Best First Album at the Lys-lez-Lannoy festival<ref name="dargaud">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2000: Prix spécial at the Rœulx (Belgium) festival<ref name="dargaud"/>
• 2000: Prix Némo at the Maisons-Laffitte festival<ref name="dargaud"/>
• 2000: Prix découverte at Sierre International Comics Festival<ref name="bdzone">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2001: Best Artwork Award at Festival de Chambéry<ref name="catsuka">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2002: Best Artwork Award at Grand Prix Albert Uderzo<ref name="catsuka"/>
• 2003: Prix spécial du jury au Sierre International Comics Festival<ref name="catsuka"/>
• 2004: Angoulême Audience Award, for Arctic-Nation
• 2004: Angoulême Best Artwork Award, for Arctic-Nation
• 2004: Virgin Prize for Best Album, for Arctic-Nation<ref name="ToutEnBD">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2006: Angoulême Best Series Award, for the Blacksad series<ref name="mollat">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2006: Bédéis Causa - Prix Maurice Petitdier for the best foreign comic at the Festival de la BD francophone de Québec for Blacksad<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2008: Iluminart Artward, for the Blacksad series<ref name="Iluminart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2011: Eisner Award, Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior Art), for the Blacksad series<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2019: The Landerneau Prize (France) awarded by Régis Loisel for Les Indes fourbes.<ref>Didier Pasamonik, « Les Indes fourbes d’Alain Ayroles et Juanjo Guarnido (Delcourt) Prix Landerneau 2019 », on Actua BD, 26 November 2019.</ref>
• 2019: The RTL Grand Prix for comics (France) for Les Indes fourbes.<ref>VS, « Les Indes fourbes d’Ayroles et Guarnido rafle encore la mise en remportant le Grand prix RTL de la BD », on Actua BD, 29 November 2019.</ref>
• 2019: Comic booksellers (France) prize for Les Indes fourbes.<ref>« Alain Ayroles et Juanjo Guarnido, lauréats du prix des libraires de BD », on Livres Hebdo (consulted 31 January 2020)</ref>

Bibliography

• Blacksad series (Dargaud) with Juan Díaz Canales
  • Somewhere Within the Shadows (2000)
  • Arctic Nation (2003)
  • Red Soul (2005)
  • A Silent Hell (2010)
  • Amarillo (2013)
• Les Indes fourbes with Alain Ayroles
  • Les Indes Fourbes [The Treacherous Indies], 2019 (in French). Delcourt - ISBN 978-2-7560-3573-4 - Official Selection Angoulême Festival 2020
  • Les Indes Fourbes [The Treacherous Indies]: Deluxe Edition, 2019 (in French). Co-edition Caurette/Black & White - ISBN 979-10-96315-50-5 - Limited edition of 499 numbered and signed copies

Animation

• Freak of the Week (director) (2014)<ref>Template:Cite AV mediaTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

References

• Guarnido publications in Pilote BDoubliées Template:In lang

External links

• Juanjo Guarnido biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
• Blacksadmania.com (French)