Cristina Durán Costell (born 1970, Valencia) is an

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and

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the litera ...

. She graduated in the faculty of

Fine Arts In European academic traditions, fine art (or, fine arts) is made primarily for aesthetics or creativity, creative expression, distinguishing it from popular art, decorative art or applied art, which also either serve some practical function ...

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

with speciality in

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. While she studied she created the

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''No Aparcar Llamo GRUA'' with Miguel Ángel Giner, Robin and Alberto Botella. Later, in 1993 these four people created the company LaGRUAestudio, focused on the

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and

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comic a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicat ...

and

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. She worked to reactivate the Asociación Profesional de Ilustradores de Valencia (APIV) in 1997, and she was its president between the years 2006 and 2009. She also has been a member of the Board of directors of the Federación de Asociaciones de Ilustradores Profesionales (FADIP) and of the founding board of the European Illustrators Forum (EIF). Her first

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with Miguel Ángel Giner named ''Una posibilidad entre mil'' was published the year 2009 by Ediciones Sins Entido. In September 2011 an expanded third edition was published, including a

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written by

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. Durán and Giner Bou narrated their daughter Laia's first three years which mainly took place in

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and rehabilitation centers. The same year, ''Boja per tu'', a comic edited by the Ministry of Health, Social Politics and Equality was published. In 2012, the graphic novel ''La máquina de Efrén'' was published. It is the second part of the story and describes the

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of their second son. She also wrote short

stories such as ''Usted está aquí'', ''Arròs negre'' and ''Cómic''. She also teaches in the Master in design and illustration at the faculty of Fine Arts of Valencia. The last comic published is ''El bote de mermelada'', included in the project ''Viñetas de vida'' by

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, along with work from ten Spanish authors.

Awards and nominations

* Finalist of the Reward National of Cómic submitted by the Ministry of Culture for ''Una posibilidad entre mil'' (2010) * Finalist of the Reward National of Cómic submitted by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports for ''La máquina de Efrén'' (2013) * Nominated in the 1st Trophée "The Bds qui font la différence sur les personnes en situation de handicap" of the association Sans Tambour ni Trompette and the International Festival of the Bande Dessinée of Angoulême for ''Una posibilidad entre mil'' (2011) * Prize Turia to the best cultural contribution to comics for ''Una posibilidad entre mil'' and ''La máquina de Efrén'' (2012) * Honorific Silver Medal from Benetússer (2014) * Prize Flash-Back for'' Una posibilidad entre mil'' and ''La máquina de Efrén'' (2013) * Finalist to the Dolem's Critics' Award in the categories of best national and best work script for ''La máquina de Efrén'' (2012) * Nominated for the best Spanish author at the 31st International Barcelona Comic Convention for ''La máquina de Efrén'' (2013)

Works

* ''Una posibilidad entre mil'' with Miguel Ángel Giner (2009) * ''Boja per tu'' with Miguel Ángel Giner (2011) * ''La máquina de Efrén'' with Miguel Ángel Giner (2012) * ''El Segle d'Or Valencià ''with Miguel Ángel Giner (2014) * ''Obreras'' from ''Enjambres'' (2014) * ''Ondas en el río'' with Miguel Ángel Giner from the collective work ''Viñetas de vida'' from Oxfam Intermón (2nd edition published by Astiberri) Available in the free mobile application Comic on tour. * ''Cuando no sabes qué decir'' with Miguel Ángel Giner (2015)

References

External links

Official website (Spanish)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Costell, Cristina Duran Spanish female comics artists Spanish women illustrators Spanish comics artists Artists from the Valencian Community 1970 births Living people 20th-century Spanish artists Spanish illustrators Spanish graphic novelists Artists from Valencia