Fermín Solís Campos (born 16 May 1972) is a Spanish
cartoonist
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, animator, and illustrator. Born in
Madroñera
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* List of municipalities in Cáceres
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,
Cáceres,
Extremadura
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, his illustrations have appeared in ''
Clio
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Etymology
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'', ''
Época'' and ''
Rockdelux
''Rockdelux'' is a Spanish music magazine.
History and profile
''Rockdelux'' was first published in November 1984, and celebrated its 200th edition in October 2002, when it released a list of the 200 greatest international albums of all time, a ...
''.
[Fermín Solís , Guía del cómic](_blank)
/ref> He is the author of numerous graphic novels
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and books; “his stories are about everyday life, relations, searching, coincidences, everything mixed with a small dosis of surrealism.”[Comic creator: Fermín Solís](_blank)
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Solís is self-taught, and his style was influenced by the work of Seth
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, Andi Watson
Andrew Watson (born 1969) is a British cartoonist and illustrator best known for the graphic novels ''Breakfast After Noon'', ''Slow News Day'' and his series ''Skeleton Key'' and ''Love Fights'', published by Oni Press and Slave Labor Graphics. ...
, and Dupuy and Berberian
Philippe Dupuy (born 12 December 1960, Sainte-Adresse) and Charles Berbérian (born 28 May 1959, Baghdad) are French cartoonists most famous for their series of Franco-Belgian comics albums featuring the character ''Monsieur Jean''.
Their coll ...
.
He won the prize known as Certamen de Cómic e Ilustración at INJUVE
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in 2002 and the prize known as Autor Revelación in the Barcelona Comics Festival (Salón del Cómic de Barcelona) in 2004.
Books
*''Dando Tumbos'' (Subterfuge 2000)
*''Otra Vida'' (D2ble D2sis, 2001)
*''No te Quiero Pero te Amo un Poco'' (Aralia, 2002)
*''Los Días Más Largos'' (Balboa, 2003)
*''Un Pie Tras Otro'' (Plan B, 2003)
*''No te quiero, pero…'' (Astiberri, 2004)
*''Dan Laxante, Detective Cotidiano'' (Tebeo Vivo, 2004)
*''De Ballenas y Pulgas'' (Ariadna Editorial, 2004)
*''El Hombre del Perrito'' (Astiberri, 2005)
*''El Año que Vimos Nevar'' (Astiberri, 2005)
*''Las Pelusas de mi Ombligo # 1'' (Cabezabajo, 2006)
*''Lunas de Papel'' (Dib-buks, 2007)
*''Las Pelusas de mi Ombligo #2'' (Dolmen 2007)
*''Astro-Ratón y Bombillita # 1: Parece que Chispea'' (Mamut, 2008)
*''Buñuel en el Laberinto de las Tortugas'' (Editora Regional de Extremadura)
References
External links
Official website
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1972 births
Living people
People from Tierra de Trujillo
Spanish comics writers
Spanish comics artists
Spanish graphic novelists
Spanish illustrators
Spanish animators
20th-century Spanish artists