Paco Roca Wins Yellow Kid Award, Discusses Catwoman Project
Spanish comic artist Paco Roca (Valencia, 1969) won the Yellow Kid 'Author of the Year' at the 2022 Lucca Comics Awards for his graphic novel 'Ritorno all’Eden'. The work is a biographical narrative set in post-war Spain, exploring how historical dictatorships shaped social identity. Roca uses memory as a metaphor for self-knowledge, focusing on ordinary people's struggles. In a podcast interview with Donatella Giordano on Artribune, he revealed a new project reimagining DC Comics' Catwoman during the Spanish Civil War, where the character orchestrates a massive art heist. Roca stated, 'In any war, the best and worst of people emerge,' and that his work aims to recover the memory of those who lived great stories but don't see themselves as protagonists.
Key facts
- Paco Roca won Yellow Kid 'Author of the Year' at Lucca Comics Awards 2022.
- His graphic novel 'Ritorno all’Eden' is a biographical story set in post-war Spain.
- Roca's new project reimagines Catwoman during the Spanish Civil War.
- The Catwoman story involves a massive art heist.
- Roca uses memory as a metaphor for self-knowledge.
- He prefers telling stories of ordinary people fighting with dignity.
- The interview was part of Artribune's podcast series 'Monologhi al Telefono'.
- Roca believes everyone has a story to tell and the narrator's job is to order reality.
Entities
Artists
- Paco Roca
- Donatella Giordano
Institutions
- Artribune
- Lucca Comics&Games
- DC Comics
Locations
- Valencia
- Spain
- Lucca