Laura Pérez Granel Explained

Laura Pérez Granel
Birth Place:Valencia, Spain
Occupation:Cartoonist and illustrator
Website:https://www.lauraperez.net/

Laura Pérez Granel (Valencia, 1983) is a Spanish comic illustrator and writer.[1] In 2020, she won the Critical Eye Awards by Radio Nacional de España for her work Ocultos.[2] In 2022, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for the title credits for the series Only Murders in the Building,[3] for which she also created the drawings and mural made by Selena Gomez's character Mabel.[4] [5]

Biography

Pérez graduated from Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia in 2010, after taking various courses abroad thanks to the Erasmus Programme, Promoe, and SICUE. While abroad, she studied at the School of Fine Arts of Rennes, Alberta University of the Arts, and the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona.[1]

Peréz's first graphic novel, Naúfragos was published in 2016 together with screenwriter Pablo Monforte and went on to win the X Premio Internacional de Novela Gráfica Fnac-Salamandra Graphic award.[6] , It is a graphic novel about nostalgia set in 1981 Madrid during La Movida Madrileña and in 1991 Barcelona.[7] [8] The work was translated into French in 2018 with Des ronds and into English in 2021 with Dark Horse Comics as Castaways.[9] [10]

In 2019, she published her first solo work Ocultos, a paranormal graphic novel about the mystery of reality, with Astiberri Ediciones.[2] That same year, the work received the Award for the Best National Album at the Splash Sagunt, the comic festival in Valencian Community which is celebrated in Sagunto.[11] [12] In 2020, she was honored with the Critical Eye Awards by Radio Nacional de España for her poetic style, ability to portray estrangement, the delicate, and the dark.[13] Also in 2020, the Asociación Española de Fantasía, Ciencia Ficción y Terror (AEFCFT) awarded Ocultos the Premio Ignotus for the best national comic.[14]

Pérez works as an illustrator for national media like El País, international media like The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and The Boston Globe, and magazines Vanity Fair and National Geographic.[15] She has also completed commissions for organizations like the World Health Organization. In 2021, she created the poster announcing the twelfth Navarra Comic Fair[16] and the Eighth Splash Sagunt.

Pérez appears in the fourth volume of Illustration Now! by Taschen, has been included Lunwerg's list of the best illustrators,[17] and, in 2019, was included in the book Reinas de la ilustración española del siglo XXI () by Cristian Campos for Norma Editorial.[18]

In 2021, Pérez began to work with the American studio Elastic in creating the titles for Only Murders in the Building. Pérez also created the work by Mabel, the character portrayed by Selena Gomez. This work was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2022.[4] [19]

Work

Graphic novels

Illustrated albums

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Laura Pérez Granel, ilustradora, dibujante, portadista, historietista y colorista valencia . Tebeosfera.
  2. Web site: Ocultos . 2022-08-13 . www.astiberri.com . es.
  3. Web site: Laura Perez . 2024-07-06 . Television Academy . en.
  4. Web site: 2022-07-02 . Laura Pérez, la mano española detrás de Selena Gómez en 'Sólo asesinatos en el edificio' . 2022-08-13 . ELMUNDO . es.
  5. Web site: 2021-10-27 . Tenemos a la artista española que abre todos los episodios de Solo asesinatos en el edificio, la serie secreta de la que te habla todo el mundo (y la comedia más deliciosa del año) . 2022-08-13 . Mujer Hoy . es.
  6. Web site: blanco . Papel en . 2017-08-11 . ‘Náufragos’ de Laura Pérez y Pablo Monforte gana el FNAC-Salamandra Graphic . 2022-08-13 . Medium . en.
  7. Web site: Análisis de Náufragos de Laura Pérez y Pablo Monforte, una novela gráfica sobre la nostalgia . 2022-08-13 . momoko.es . es-ES.
  8. Book: lecturalia.com . Náufragos - Pablo Monforte y Laura Pérez . es . 2022-08-13.
  9. Web site: DissenyCV . 2016-01-13 . "Náufragos", de Laura Pérez y Pablo Monforte, Premio Fnac de Novela Gráfica DissenyCV . 2022-08-13 . es.
  10. Web site: Castaways TPB :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics . 2024-07-06 . www.darkhorse.com.
  11. Web site: 20minutos . 2020-03-06 . 'Ocultos', una novela gráfica sobre el misterio de la realidad . 2022-08-13 . www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias . es.
  12. Web site: 2022-01-27 . Pasada la medianoche: 'Ocultos' y 'Tótem', de Laura Pérez . 2022-08-13 . El Norte de Castilla . es.
  13. Web site: RTVE . PRENSA . 2020-10-20 . Laura Pérez, primer Premio 'El Ojo Crítico' de RNE de Cómic . 2022-08-13 . RTVE.es . es.
  14. Web site: C.M . 2020-11-17 . Laura Pérez gana el premio Ignotus con "Ocultos" . 2022-08-13 . Levante-EMV . es.
  15. Web site: Laura Pérez – Errata naturae editores . 2022-08-13 . erratanaturae.com.
  16. Web site: La artista valenciana Laura Pérez ilustra el cartel de la 8ª edición del Splash . 2022-08-13 . Ayuntamiento de Sagunto . es.
  17. Web site: Laura Pérez::Astiberri Ediciones . 2022-08-13 . www.astiberri.com.
  18. Book: Fdez. de Bobadilla, Paula . Reinas de la ilustración española del siglo XXI . 2019 . Norma . 978-84-679-3629-2 . 1096301760 . 2022-08-13.
  19. Web site: Palés . Alejandra . 2022-07-15 . La ilustradora valenciana que ha acabado nominada a los Emmy por sorpresa . 2022-08-13 . Ara en Castellano . es.
  20. Book: Monforte, Pablo . Náufragos . Salamandra Graphic . 2016 . 978-84-16131-26-6 . 1a edición . 968202768 . 2022-08-13.
  21. Book: Pérez Granell, Laura . Ocultos . 2019 . 978-84-17575-07-6 . 1a edición . 1098223989 . 2022-08-13.
  22. Book: Pérez Granell, Laura . Tótem . 2021 . 978-84-18215-54-4 . 1.a edición . 1289505641 . 2022-08-13.
  23. Book: Whyte, Elsa . Los secretos de las brujas : una iniciación a nuestra historia y nuestros saberes . Pérez Granell . Laura . López Muñoz . Regina . 2020 . 978-84-17800-67-3 . Primera edición: noviembre de 2020 . 1335988930 . 2022-08-13.
  24. Book: Godat, Olivia . Sirenas de leyenda . Pérez . Laura . López Muñoz . Regina . 2021 . 978-84-17800-93-2 . Primera edición: noviembre de 2021 . 1294943452 . 2022-08-13.

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