Arrugas (Spanish)

Astisendo Grupo Editorial Arrugas Comic. 2008 Spanish National Comic Award 2007 Award for Best Script by a Spanish Author at the Barcelona International Comic Fair 2007 Award for Best Work by a Spanish Author at the Barcelona International Comic Fair 2008 Diario de Avisos Award for Best Realistic Comic Script 2008 Gran Guinigi Award for Best Long Story at the Lucca Festival (Italy) 2008 Dolmen Critics Award for Best Script 2008 Dolmen Critics Award for Best Work 2008 Expocomic Award for Best Spanish Work 2009 Romics Grand Prize at the Rome Comics Fair 2012 Excellence Award from the Japan Media Art Festival Nominated for Best US Edition of International Material at the 2017 Eisner Awards Emilio, a former bank executive, is admitted to a nursing home by his family after suffering another Alzheimer´s crisis.There, he learns to live with his new companions - each with a different clinical profile and character - and the caregivers who care for them.Emilio enters into a daily routine of slow cadence with pre-established schedules -taking medication, naps, meals, gymnastics, going back to bed..-, and in his struggle with the disease to try to keep his memory and avoid being transferred to the top floor, the one for the disabled, he has the help of Miguel, his roommate.In Wrinkles, Paco Roca tackles sensitive issues, rarely dealt with in comics until its creation in 2007, such as Alzheimer´s and senile dementia.And he does so in an intimate and sensitive way, with some humorous touches but without ever falling into caricature.The air of verisimilitude that pervades the story has been fostered by careful documentation work.Paco Roca began collecting anecdotes from the elderly parents and relatives of his friends and visited nursing homes to find out what life was like in them, first-hand material that has helped him to structure a consistent fiction.The film adaptation of ´Wrinkles´, directed by Ignacio Ferreras, won the Goya Awards for best animated film and best adapted screenplay.I was surprised by Paco Roca for his courage and his technique in dealing with difficult issues such as senile dementia and life in nursing homes.His story reaches the heart of readers in an unforgettable way.Wrinkles is a great work expressed by the power of comic book art.Jiro Taniguchi. tradeinn Techinn