“Das Haus” from Spain received a 2020 comic prize. The theme is death - typical of Paco Roca, who also memorialized senior citizens in the Corona crisis.
In 2020 the Eisner Prize, also known as the "Comic Oscar", was awarded three times to Spain * from the USA . Paco Roca from Valencia received a prize for his work "La casa" - "The House" *, as reported by costanachrichten.com *. It is about three sons who are preparing the house of their deceased father for sale and thus come closer to him posthumously Comic about aging and death - not the first by Paco Roca. Since “Arrugas” (“Wrinkles”, 2007) the artist has been happy to take on older people.
On July 26th, 2020 - the holiday for grandparents in Spain - the author of "Das Haus" painted a huge mural in the Madrid subway for the seniors in the coronavirus * crisis. In the pandemic, the elderly were the big ones Will society now take better care of them? That is why Paco Roca fights in his artistic way. Incidentally, his works are also available in German. * Costanachrichten.com is part of the Ippen-Digital network.