Carla Berrocal
{{short description|Spanish comics illustrator|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
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| organization = Professional Association of Illustrators of Madrid
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Carla Berrocal (born 1983) is a Spanish comics illustrator. She is the president of the Professional Association of Illustrators of Madrid{{Cite web |url=http://apimadrid.net/sobre-nosotros/la-junta-de-apim/ |title=La Junta de APIM |publisher=Professional Association of Illustrators of Madrid |language=Spanish |access-date=23 May 2019 |archive-date=9 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509003941/https://apimadrid.net/sobre-nosotros/la-junta-de-apim/ |url-status=dead }} and one of the promoters of the Comic Authors' Collective.
Biography
Berrocal graduated from the {{ill|School of Arts and Crafts of Madrid|es|Escuela de Artes y Oficios de Madrid}} and started working in the world of illustration and comics at a very young age.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mujeresaseguir.com/tendencias/noticia/1103736048815/ilustradoras-espanolas-que-deberias-conocer.1.html |title=Ilustradoras españolas que deberías conocer |trans-title=Spanish Illustrators That You Should Know |first=Marina |last=Segovia |work=Mujeres a Seguir |language=Spanish |date=25 January 2017 |access-date=23 May 2019}}{{Cite book |url=https://issuu.com/publicacionesaecid/docs/presentes._autoras_de_tebeo_de_ayer |title=Presentes autoras de tebeo de ayer y hoy |trans-title=Present Comic Authors of Yesterday and Today |publisher=Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation |page=128 |language=Spanish |date=1 March 2017 |access-date=23 May 2019 |via=issuu}} In 2011, she published her first graphic novel, El brujo (The Sorcerer), in which she explores the magical folklore of Chile.{{Cite news |url=https://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/cultura/noticias/3098585/05/11/Carla-Berrocal-se-sumerge-en-la-mitologia-chilena-con-el-comic-El-brujo.html |title=Carla Berrocal se sumerge en la mitología chilena con el cómic 'El brujo' |trans-title=Carla Berrocal Immerses Herself in Chilean Mythology with the Comic 'El brujo' |work=El Economista |agency=EFE |location=Madrid |language=Spanish |date=24 May 2011 |access-date=23 May 2019}} Three years later, she coordinated the graphic adaptation of the book Todas putas (All Whores) by {{ill|Hernán Migoya|es}}, which had generated great controversy in 2003 when he was branded a misogynist and made an apology for rape.{{Cite news |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2003/11/08/sociedad/1068246001_850215.html |title=El Defensor del Pueblo considera 'desafortunado' que Tey editara 'Todas putas' |trans-title=The Ombudsman Considers 'Unfortunate' that Tey to Publish 'Todas putas' |first1=Charo |last1=Nogueira |first2=Aurelio |last2=Martín |work=El País |location=Madrid |language=Spanish |date=8 November 2003 |access-date=23 May 2019}}{{Cite news |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2003/06/08/opinion/1055023207_850215.html |title=Todas putas |first=Mario |last=Vargas Llosa |work=El País |language=Spanish |date=8 June 2003 |access-date=23 May 2019}} In this edition, Berrocal illustrated "El violador" (The Rapist), one of its most controversial stories.{{Cite news |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2014-04-13/todas-putas-y-a-todo-color_115777/ |title=Todas putas y ninguna misógina |trans-title=All Whores and No Misogynists |first=Peio H. |last=Riaño |work=El Confidencial |language=Spanish |date=13 April 2014 |access-date=23 May 2019}}
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/artesfera/artesfera-carla-berrocal-ciudad-vinetas/3894861/ |title=Artesfera – Carla Berrocal y 'La ciudad en viñetas' |publisher=RTVE |language=Spanish |date=1 February 2017 |access-date=24 May 2019}} That June, the Seville City Council chose Berrocal for the creation of the city's Sexual Diversity Month poster.{{Cite news |url=https://www.eldiario.es/andalucia/sevilla/Ayuntamiento-Sevilla-presenta-Orgullo_0_651635232.html |title=El Ayuntamiento de Sevilla presenta un mes del Orgullo que llegará a los barrios |trans-title=The Seville City Countil Presents a Pride Month that Will Reach the Neighborhoods |first=Luis |last=Mesa |work=eldiario.es |location=Seville |language=Spanish |date=6 June 2017 |access-date=24 May 2019}} 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 {{ill|Rafael de León|es}}, among others.{{Cite web |url=https://www.togayther.es/noticias/orgullo-gay-sevilla/exposicion-lgtbi-la-avenida-la-constitucion-sevilla/ |title=Exposición LGTBI en la Avenida de la Constitución de Sevilla |first=Emilio |last=Cuerva |work=Togayther |language=Spanish |date=21 June 2017 |access-date=24 May 2019}}
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.{{Cite news |url=https://www.elcomercio.es/aviles/aires-britanicos-tate-20180413002108-ntvo.html |title=Los aires británicos de la Tate calientan el Festival LGBTIQ |trans-title=The British Airs of the Tate Warm the LGBT Festival |first=Fernando |last=del Busto |work=El Comercio |location=Avilés |language=Spanish |date=13 April 2018 |access-date=24 May 2019}} 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.{{Cite journal |url=https://www.tebeosfera.com/firmas/carla_berrocal.html |title=Carla Berrocal |journal=Tebeosfera |language=Spanish |access-date=24 May 2019}} 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.{{Cite magazine |url=https://graffica.info/entrevista-carla-berrocal/ |title='No hay un sentido profesional ni una sensibilidad hacia la creatividad', Carla Berrocal |trans-title='There is No Professional Sense or Sensitivity Towards Creativity', Carla Berrocal |first=María |last=Bon |magazine=eldiario.es Gráffica |language=Spanish |date=1 February 2018 |access-date=24 May 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}} {{in lang|es}}
- [http://asociacionautoras.blogspot.com/ Comic Authors' Collective] {{in lang|es}}
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