Cristina Durán Costell Explained

Cristina Durán Costell
Birth Place:Valencia, Spain
Nationality:Spanish

Cristina Durán Costell (born 1970, Valencia) is an illustrator and cartoonist.[1] She graduated in the faculty of Fine Arts of Valencia with speciality in Drawing.[2] While she studied she created the fanzine No Aparcar Llamo GRUA with Miguel Ángel Giner, Robin and Alberto Botella. Later, in 1993 these four people created the company LaGRUAestudio, focused on the illustration of books and advertisements, comic and animation.[2] She worked to reactivate the Asociación Profesional de Ilustradores de Valencia (APIV) in 1997, and she was its president between the years 2006 and 2009. She also has been a member of the Board of directors of the Federación de Asociaciones de Ilustradores Profesionales (FADIP) and of the founding board of the European Illustrators Forum (EIF).[3]

Her first graphic novel with Miguel Ángel Giner named Una posibilidad entre mil was published the year 2009 by Ediciones Sins Entido. In September 2011 an expanded third edition was published, including a prologue written by Eduard Punset.[4] Durán and Giner Bou narrated their daughter Laia's first three years which mainly took place in hospitals and rehabilitation centers.[5] The same year, Boja per tu, a comic edited by the Ministry of Health, Social Politics and Equality was published.[6] [7] In 2012, the graphic novel La máquina de Efrén was published. It is the second part of the story and describes the adoption of their second son.[8] [9] She also wrote short comic stories such as Usted está aquí, Arròs negre and Cómic. She also teaches in the Master in design and illustration at the faculty of Fine Arts of Valencia.[9] The last comic published is El bote de mermelada, included in the project Viñetas de vida by Oxfam, along with work from ten Spanish authors.[10] [11]

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  1. Web site: El segle d'or valencià (cop. 2014) - Durán, Cristina, 1970-. 1 July 2015. Catàleg de la Biblioteca Valenciana.
  2. Web site: APIV - Cristina Duran. 12 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150524194646/http://www.apiv.com/guia/ilustrador_4/cristina-duran-?listpal=3. 24 May 2015. dead.
  3. Web site: LaGRUAestudio. 12 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150713002406/http://lagruaestudio.com/?page_id=6. 13 July 2015. dead.
  4. News: MARCO, Javier. El cómic de Benetússer traspasa fronteras. Benetússer hoy. 1 July 2015. 25 September 2012. 2 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150702061623/http://www.benetusserhoy.com/comic-benetusser-fronteras/. dead.
  5. Web site: Una posibilidad entre mil. 12 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140712105303/http://unaposibilidadentremil.com/?page_id=9. 12 July 2014. dead.
  6. Web site: Cómics. 1 July 2015. Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad.
  7. News: de la Banda. Belén. El mundo en la mano de Cristina Durán. 20 minutos. 16 May 2014. 24 September 2013.
  8. Web site: Tráiler del cómic 'La máquina de Efrén', de Cristina Durán y Miguel A. Giner Bou. 1 July 2015. RTVE. 23 April 2012.
  9. News: Jiménez. Jesús. Cristina Durán y Miguel A. Giner cuentan el proceso de adopción de su hija en uncómic. RTVE. 16 May 2014. 23 April 2014.
  10. Web site: Más y Mejor Ayuda - ViñetasdeVida. 1 July 2014. Intermon Oxfam.
  11. News: LA APP COMIC ON TOUR EN EL CANAL 24H DE TVE. Ojo y lápiz. 15 May 2014. 15 April 2014.
  12. News: Burgo. Pilar G. del. El cómic de una hija con discapacidad. Levante. 16 May 2014. 21 November 2010.
  13. News: Durán y Giner Bou repiten como finalistas del Premio Nacional de Cómic. Levante-EMV. 1 July 2015. 31 October 2013.
  14. Web site: Trophée BD à Angoulême : le handicap fait des bulles !. 1 July 2015. handicap.fr.
  15. Web site: XXI PREMIS TURIA 2012. 1 July 2015. Cartelera Turia.
  16. News: Benetússer entrega las medallas del 9 d’Octubre y presenta sus nuevas capitanías de Moros y Cristianos. El Meridiano. 1 July 2015. 9 October 2014.
  17. Web site: Finalistas de la 12º Edición de los Premios de la Crítica 2011/2012: XII Edición "Dolmen Editorial". 1 July 2015. Dolem Editorial.
  18. Web site: Nominats als premis del 31 Saló del Còmic. 1 July 2015. Bonart.
  19. News: Jiménez. Jesús. Susanna Martín: "Es muy necesario reivindicar a las autoras de cómic'. RTVE. 1 July 2015. 8 April 2014.
  20. News: Jiménez. Jesús. 'Enjambre', un albúm realizado por mujeres "obreras" del cómic. RTVE. 8 March 2014.
  21. News: FOTOGALERÍA Viñetas de vida' para la defensa de la cooperación al desarrollo. eldiario.es. 1 July 2015. 29 April 2015.
  22. News: Jiménez. Jesús. 'Viñetas de vida', el cómic más solidario. RTVE. 1 July 2015. 29 December 2014.
  23. Web site: VIÑETAS DE VIDA. 1 July 2015. Astiberri. 29 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129091134/http://www.astiberri.com/ficha_prod.php?cod=vinetasdevida. dead.
  24. Web site: Viñetas de Vida · Comic On Tour. 1 July 2015. Oxfam Intermón. https://web.archive.org/web/20150818042255/http://comicontour.ojoylapiz.com/. 18 August 2015. dead.
  25. News: Jiménez. Jesús. 'Cuando no sabes qué decir', un cómic sobre los amigos que se quedan en el camino. RTVE. 1 July 2015. 19 May 2015.
  26. Web site: CUANDO NO SABES QUÉ DECIR. 1 July 2015. Tebeosfera.