Paco Roca

Huipputekijöiden sarjakuvakirja Iranin naisten kansannoususta.Persepolis-sarjakuvastaan tunnettu Marjane Satrapi luotaa yhdessä yli 20 taiteilijan ja asiantuntijan kanssa nuoren iranilaisnaisen murhaa ja sen synnyttämiä protesteja.13. syyskuuta 2022 Iranin moraalipoliisi pidätti ja pahoinpiteli naisopiskelija Mahsa Aminin, joka ei poliisin mukaan ollut pukenut hiukset peittävää huivia oikein. Amini kuoli vammoihinsa kolme päivää myöhemmin. Tapahtumasta sai alkunsa laaja protestiliike, jossa iranilaiset nousivat vastustamaan ääri-islamilaisten vallanpitäjien sortoa.Nainen, elämä, vapaus käsittelee 24 sarjakuvanovellin kautta monesta eri näkökulmasta syksyn 2022 traagisia tapahtumia ja Iranin myrkyttyneen yhteiskunnan todellisuutta.Marjane Satrapi (s. 1969) on ranskalais-iranilainen sarjakuvantekijä, jonka neliosainen pääteos Persepolis kertoo koskettavan tarinan perheestä islamilaisen vallankumouksen pyörteissä. Nainen, elämä, vapaus -kokoelman muita Suomessakin tunnettuja tekijöitä ovat mm. Joann Sfar (Rabbin katti), Lewis Trondheim (Jussi Jäniksen ihmeelliset seikkailut), Catel (Kiki – Montparnassen kuningatar) ja Paco Roca (Ryppyjä).

It all starts with a photograph: an ordinary scene of a young woman and her family picnicking at a Valencian beach in 1947. Now in her twilight years, Antonia cherishes this photo dearly; it holds the memories of her upbringing, her family -- the key to her Eden. Taking off from this routine family outing, cartoonist Paco Roca paints a heartfelt portrait of his mother's formative years. This delicate portrayal of a humble family is at once an intimate biographical story and a broader reflection of the hardscrabble existence many faced in post-war Spain. Antonia and her family soldier through constant hunger, the shady dealings of the black market, traumas of war and parental abuse, and the oppressive atmosphere wrought by the Catholic church and Franco's authoritarian regime -- and yet, they find oases of joy and wonder in cinema, imagination, and small acts of kindness. Roca is known the world over for his quietly powerful graphic novels, from Twists of Fate to The House, and this latest masterwork may just be his magnum opus. In Return to Eden, Roca manages to charge quotidian life with rare poignancy, in all its daily struggles and daydreams, and readers will come away deeply affected.

At 40, cartoonist Paco Roca has finally achieved his childhood dream -- to spend all day at home in his pajamas However, his blissful, loungewear-clad reverie is beset with a host of mundane problems: He dreads small talk with "the world's biggest bore," but his excuses and white lies are finally catching up with him. When good friends breaks up, taking either side could lead to social disaster. The simple mission to change his train ticket descends into an impossibly complicated, Kafkaesque affair. And worst of all, his partner keeps hanging the toilet paper roll the wrong way In the vein of sitcoms like Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, Roca's comic vignettes brilliantly satirize the pesky pitfalls of modern-day life. Like most of us, Roca's alter ego just wants to be liked and to do the right thing, but finds that through crippling indecision, cowardly behavior, and the absurd machinations of the universe, he is usually thwarted. The ensuing situations he finds himself embroiled in are as hilarious as they are often painfully relatable.

Maj 2007. Det amerikanske skattejægerfirma, Itacha Deep Sea får verdens opmærksomhed da de finder et uvurderligt skibsvrag. Men så begynder et større juridiske tovtrækkeri om hvem der egentlig har ret til den skat som findes ombord på skibet.En politisk thriller der involverer idealistiske spanske diplomaters kamp mod et rigt og magtfuldt skattejægerfirma.Et slagsmål om milliarder af kroner kan begynde.

Da den pensjonerte banksjefen Emilio får Alzheimers, må han flytte på aldershjem. Der blir han blant annet kjent med Miguel, en gatesmart herremann som hjelper ham med å skjule de tiltagende hukommelsesproblemene han har, og forklarer ham den nye verdenen han nå skal leve i og gjør ham kjent med menneskene som også bor der, og livene de har bak seg. «Med hodet i skyene» er en historie om en alvorlig og uhelbredelig sykdom som rammer så altfor mange mennesker og deres pårørende, men den berører temaet med både galgenhumor og ømhet og viser hvordan livet kan fortsette selv etter at minnene forsvinner. For denne tegneserien vant Paco Roca den nasjonale spanske tegneserieprisen Premio Nacional del Cómic etter utgivelsen i 2007. Det er første gang Paco Roca oversettes til norsk.

Efter Francos seger i spanska inbördeskriget 1939 tvingades hundratusentals spanjorer att fly till södra Frankrike och Nordafrika, där de internerades i läger. Under andra världskriget valde många att ta värvning i de fria franska styrkorna i Nordafrika och senare i franska armén för att fortsätta kämpa mot fascismen. De hoppades att Spanien skulle befrias när axelmakterna hade besegrats. I Slumpens spår söker Paco Roca upp en nittiofyraårig spansk krigsveteran som motvilligt berättar om sina upplevelser i Nordafrika och Europa. Han tillhörde Nionde kompaniet, ”La Nueve”, som spelade en viktig roll vid befrielsen av Paris. Ramberättelsen är fiktiv, men de historiska skildringarna bygger på grundlig forskning om de spanska republikanernas insatser under andra världskriget. Serieromanen blir en hyllning till alla dem som i likhet med huvudpersonen ansåg att det var lika nödvändigt att kämpa mot fascismen som att andas. Serieromanen har översatts till flera språk och vunnit en rad prestigefyllda priser, som det italienska Gran Premio Romics 2014. Av Paco Roca har tidigare utkommit på svenska Emilio och glömskan, nominerad till Urhunden för 2020 års bästa till svenska översatta seriebok.

May 2007. When an American treasure-hunting company uncovers a shipwreck containing the greatest underwater trove ever found, the world is captivated by their discovery. But over in Spain, a group of low-level government officials surmises that the sunken ship is in fact an ancient Spanish vessel. Thus begins a legal and political thriller, pitting a group of idealistic diplomats against a rich and powerfully connected treasure hunter, in which vital cultural artifacts and hundreds of millions of dollars hang in the balance.Cartoonist Paco Roca and writer Guillermo Corral bring a cinematic flair to this graphic novel, combining threads of Tintin-inspired seafaring adventure, political intrigue, tense courtroom drama, and, in the midst of it all, a budding romance. A gripping dramatization of a little-known, unbelievable true story of money, political power, and cultural heritage.

En serieroman om alzheimer och vänskap När den pensionerade bankdirektören Emilio får alzheimer måste han flytta in på ett äldreboende. En vänskap växer fram mellan Emilio och rumskamraten Miguel, som hjälper honom att dölja sina tilltagande minnesproblem för personalen. Vi får också möta de andra på boendet, som uppvisar olika symptom på demens, trovärdigt skildrade av Paco Roca.

Miguel Ruiz is a Spanish veteran exiled in France who was a member of "La Nueve" ("The Nine"), a company of men that went straight from fighting for their homeland in the Spanish Civil War to battles spanning the globe in WWII. Their years-long trek across Europe and Africa was spurred on by their love for their country and their hatred for brutal dictatorships. Roca uses the composite character Ruiz's "memories" to tell a story that's an ode to a generation that bravely stood up to, and beat back, violent fascism.

Francisco, a wounded, despairing sixteen-year-old Republican guard in the Spanish Civil War, is trying to flee to freedom by crossing the French border. In his escape, he encounters an old remote lighthouse, far from the warring factions. He is granted shelter by Telmo, the aging operator of the lighthouse. As Francisco recuperates, Telmo s tales of epic adventurers who sailed the lost seas and discovered worlds unknown reignite the spark of life in the young soldier. By one of the most brilliant new talents in comic art in Spain, author of the world-wide bestseller Wrinkles.

Retired bank manager Emilio, suffering from Alzheimer's, is taken to an assisted living home by his son. He befriends his roommate Miguel, an overconfident ladies' man. Together, they employ clever tricks to keep the doctors from noticing Emilio's ongoing deterioration -- and keep him from being transferred to the dreaded confinement of the top floor of the facility. (Better to die than to end up there. Their determination to stay active as individuals and maintain their dignity culminates in an adventurous escape.

Admitted to a home for the elderly because he suffers from Alzheimer's disease, for Ernest community life feels like an ordeal. But soon he accepts his new environment and decides to fight to escape from giving in to his awful destiny. For the author, the human community is like a library where books are piled up in mountains populated by yellowing paper of dreams and fantasies.