Carla Berrocal

Carla Berrocal (born 1983) is a Spanish comics illustrator. She is the president of the Professional Association of Illustrators of Madrid[1] and one of the promoters of the Comic Authors' Collective.

Carla Berrocal
Berrocal in 2019
Born1983 (age 39–40)
Madrid, Spain
Alma materSchool of Arts and Crafts of Madrid
OccupationComic artist
OrganizationProfessional Association of Illustrators of Madrid
Websitewww.carlaberrocal.com

Biography

Berrocal graduated from the School of Arts and Crafts of Madrid and started working in the world of illustration and comics at a very young age.[2][3] In 2011, she published her first graphic novel, El brujo (The Sorcerer), in which she explores the magical folklore of Chile.[4] Three years later, she coordinated the graphic adaptation of the book Todas putas (All Whores) by Hernán Migoya, which had generated great controversy in 2003 when he was branded a misogynist and made an apology for rape.[5][6] In this edition, Berrocal illustrated "El violador" (The Rapist), one of its most controversial stories.[7]

In 2017, Berrocal exhibited a cartoon mural about black legends in the history of Madrid as part of the City in Vignettes program at the CentroCentro cultural area in Cybele Palace.[8] That June, the Seville City Council chose Berrocal for the creation of the city's Sexual Diversity Month poster.[9] The illustration was also part of the De Mil Amores exhibition in Seville, along with the works of 19 other artists, to promote LGBT visibility, with illustrations accompanying fragments of poems by Federico García Lorca, Gloria Fuertes, Luis Cernuda, and Rafael de León, among others.[10]

In April 2018, she participated in the third edition of the LGBT Film Festival at the Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre in Avilés, where she affirmed her lesbian and feminist identity.[11] Berrocal combines her work as an illustrator with teaching: she is a narrative teacher and holds workshops on comics and graphic novels at various institutions.[12] She also has a blog where she expresses her point of view on various topics from the design sector with the aim of transmitting everything learned during her professional career to future artists.[13]

References
  1. "La Junta de APIM" (in Spanish). Professional Association of Illustrators of Madrid. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. Segovia, Marina (25 January 2017). "Ilustradoras españolas que deberías conocer" [Spanish Illustrators That You Should Know]. Mujeres a Seguir (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. Presentes autoras de tebeo de ayer y hoy [Present Comic Authors of Yesterday and Today] (in Spanish). Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation. 1 March 2017. p. 128. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via issuu.
  4. "Carla Berrocal se sumerge en la mitología chilena con el cómic 'El brujo'" [Carla Berrocal Immerses Herself in Chilean Mythology with the Comic 'El brujo']. El Economista (in Spanish). Madrid. EFE. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  5. Nogueira, Charo; Martín, Aurelio (8 November 2003). "El Defensor del Pueblo considera 'desafortunado' que Tey editara 'Todas putas'" [The Ombudsman Considers 'Unfortunate' that Tey to Publish 'Todas putas']. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  6. Vargas Llosa, Mario (8 June 2003). "Todas putas". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  7. Riaño, Peio H. (13 April 2014). "Todas putas y ninguna misógina" [All Whores and No Misogynists]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  8. "Artesfera – Carla Berrocal y 'La ciudad en viñetas'" (in Spanish). RTVE. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  9. Mesa, Luis (6 June 2017). "El Ayuntamiento de Sevilla presenta un mes del Orgullo que llegará a los barrios" [The Seville City Countil Presents a Pride Month that Will Reach the Neighborhoods]. eldiario.es (in Spanish). Seville. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  10. Cuerva, Emilio (21 June 2017). "Exposición LGTBI en la Avenida de la Constitución de Sevilla". Togayther (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  11. del Busto, Fernando (13 April 2018). "Los aires británicos de la Tate calientan el Festival LGBTIQ" [The British Airs of the Tate Warm the LGBT Festival]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Avilés. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  12. "Carla Berrocal". Tebeosfera (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  13. Bon, María (1 February 2018). "'No hay un sentido profesional ni una sensibilidad hacia la creatividad', Carla Berrocal" ['There is No Professional Sense or Sensitivity Towards Creativity', Carla Berrocal]. eldiario.es Gráffica (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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