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Valencia, 1969

Paco Roca

Paco Roca, whose full name is Francisco Martínez Roca (Valencia, 1969), is a Spanish cartoonist in the graphic novel movement who also works in advertising illustration. He started out in magazines such as Kiss Comix and El Víbora and first published for the French market. He is best known for Wrinkles (2007), and many of his books start from memory and Spain's recent history.

Where to start with Paco Roca

Their books on Pecia, in the order we'd read them.

  1. ArrugasHis best-known and most awarded book: a former executive with Alzheimer's in a care home.
  2. Los surcos del azar. Edición ampliadaabout 9 hoursAn expanded edition of his 2013 graphic novel about La Nueve, the Spanish Republicans who fought in the Second World War.
  3. El abismo del olvidoabout 7 hoursThe most recent, written with the journalist Rodrigo Terrasa: it stays with the memory of the war, now at a mass grave in Paterna.

Paco Roca's books, second-hand

3 books with used copies for sale. On average, 10% below the cover price. Prices from 6 October 2026.

ArrugasPaco Rocafrom €11.94 −20%
Los surcos del azar. Edición ampliadaPaco Rocafrom €23.50
El abismo del olvidoPaco Rocafrom €23.99

What critics say

Wrinkles won Spain's National Comics Prize in 2008, sold more than 20,000 copies in its first year and was made into an animated film that won a Goya for best adapted screenplay. Later came a 2020 Eisner Award for the American edition of The House and the Grand Prize of Comic Barcelona in 2025.

If you like Paco Roca

What the reading guides of their books suggest.

Written with AI help from Wikipedia and Pecia's reading guides, and reviewed by a person. Biographical facts from Wikidata. Wikipedia (es) · Wikipedia (en)