Fundación Cine+Cómics: Tenerife's New Hub for Comics and Illustration
Francisco Pomares, a journalist hailing from the Canary Islands, established the Fundación Canaria Cine+Cómics, which has a 1,000-square-meter base in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. This foundation boasts a collection of more than 140,000 comics and 30,000 films, which includes 20,000 Italian comics. Pomares, motivated by his admiration for Flash Gordon and Tintin, expanded his personal collection to over 30,000 before launching the foundation, which now holds over 100,000 items. It supports Canarian comics and hosts events such as the Salón Internacional del Cómic y la Ilustración de Tenerife. The headquarters includes a cinema for film screenings and workshops. Pomares also emphasizes Jacovitti's impact on Ibáñez and reflects on the progression of Spanish comics, noting the 50th anniversary of El Jueves in 2027.
Key facts
- Fundación Canaria Cine+Cómics opened a new 1,000-square-meter headquarters in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on March 20.
- The foundation's collection includes over 140,000 comics and 30,000 films.
- Francisco Pomares is the founder and president of the foundation.
- The collection includes more than 20,000 Italian comics.
- Pomares's personal collection grew from 30,000 to over 100,000 comics.
- The foundation organizes about 100 exhibitions per year.
- The foundation held a Jacovitti exhibition at TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes.
- The foundation published an adaptation of Mararía by Rafael Arozarena and La lapa by Ángel Guerra, both illustrated by Eduardo González.
- The foundation runs the Archivos de la Fundación series with over 60 volumes.
- The foundation organizes the Salón Internacional del Cómic y la Ilustración de Tenerife and La Laguna es Cómic.
- The foundation held an international competition dedicated to Mafalda with over 600 works from more than 400 participants.
- The graphic novel Solo seis, based on a work by Juan Manuel Pardellas and illustrated by Eduardo González, tells the story of Salimata.
- The foundation's new headquarters includes a cinema and will host a reading group starting with Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.
Entities
Artists
- Francisco Pomares
- Jacovitti
- Francisco Ibáñez
- Hugo Pratt
- Milo Manara
- Moebius
- Robert Crumb
- José Sanchis
- Víctor Mora
- Ambrós
- Juan García Iranzo
- Manuel Vázquez
- Raf
- Escobar
- Eduardo González
- Marjane Satrapi
- Tyto Alba
- Irene Vallejo
- Quino
- Umberto Eco
- Juan Manuel Pardellas
- Rafael Arozarena
- Ángel Guerra
Institutions
- Fundación Canaria Cine+Cómics
- TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
- Universidad de La Laguna
- Cattedra culturale Moebius
- Editorial Dólar
- Hachette
- Bruguera
- Editorial Valenciana
- Nueva Frontera
- Les Humanoïdes Associés
- El Jueves
- Artribune
Locations
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Tenerife
- Spain
- Canary Islands
- Madrid
- Barcelona
- La Graciosa
- Italy
- Argentina
- Cuba
- Venezuela
- Syria
- Indonesia
- Russia
- Croatia