Ana Penyas

Ana Penyas
En el Saló Internacional del Còmic de Barcelona de 2018
Born1987 
OccupationIllustrator, designer, penciller, industrial designer, comics writer 
Awards
Websitewww.anapenyas.es 

Ana Penyas (born 1987 in Valencia) is a Spanish illustrator; in 2018, she became the first woman winner of the Premio Nacional del Cómic.[1][2]

Biography

Graduated in industrial design and a degree in Fine Arts from the Technical University of Valencia, Penyas was selected in 2015 for an artistic residency in Porto, Portugal. She has also participated in artistic residencies at the Ilustrísima illustration fair in Madrid and at the Tenderete self-publishing festival in Valencia, working on several self-publishing projects.[3][4]

Penyas has held solo exhibitions at the O! Gallery in Lisbon in 2015, and at Estudio 64 in Valencia in 2016. She has also participated in several group exhibitions in Valencia in 2016, with the Refugio Ilustrado and AnArco projects.[5] As an illustrator, she worked for Pikara Magazine, and has also collaborated with the sonographic project Hits With Tits and the platform CIES NO.[6] She worked with the publishers Barlin Libros, Salamandra Graphic, Libros del Zorro Rojo, Mil razones, Libros del K.O., the cultural website MipetitMadrid, elHype and the magazine Bostezo.[7]

In 2021, she published her latest graphic novel named Todo bajo el sol[8] in which she portrays urban speculation and mass tourism in the Levante region of the Iberian Peninsula.[9]

Honors

At Iberoamérica Ilustra 2015, she received a special mention for her series "Viaje al interior" ,and a year later, in 2016, she won the VII Ibero-American Illustra Catalog with "Buscando un sitio." In 2016, she received the Fnac-Salamandra Graphic International Graphic Novel Prize, which allowed her to publish her first graphic novel, "Estamos todas bien" (We're All Just Fine) in 2017,[1] a tribute to post-war women from a feminist perspective.[10][4][11] In 2018 she was awarded as best new author in the Salón Internacional del Cómic de Barcelona.[12][13]

On October 16, 2018, Penyas was awarded the National Comic Prize for her first graphic novel, Estamos todas bien (2018). This prize is awarded annually by the Ministry of Culture and Sport and aims to recognize the best work in this genre published in any of the official languages of Spain during 2017. It includes a cash prize of 20,000 euros.[5] In this twelfth edition of the competition, Penyas has been the first woman to receive this recognition.[2][6]

In February 2022, she received the IV ACDCómic Award for best national work, awarded by the Asociación de Críticos y Divulgadores del Cómic de España (ACDCómic), with his work 'Todo bajo el sol' (Salamandra Graphic).[14]

Works

  • 2017 – Estamos todas bien. Salamandra Graphic. ISBN 978-84-16131-34-1.[15]
    • English translation: We're All Just Fine. Translated by Andrea Rosenberg Fantagraphics,2023.[16]
  • 2017 – En Transición. Autor: Alberto Haller. Barlin Libros. ISBN 978-84-946683-4-0.[17]
  • 2017 – Mexique: el nombre del barco. Autora: María José Ferrada. Ediciones Tecolote. ISBN 978-607-9365-82-0.
  • 2021 –Todo bajo el sol. Salamandra Graphic. ISBN 978-84-16131-78-5.[18]
  • 2025 – En vela, Salamandra Graphic. ISBN 978-84-19409-81-2

References

  1. ^ a b Prieto, Darío (2018-10-16). "Ana Penyas, primera mujer en ganar el Premio Nacional de Cómic". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  2. ^ a b RTVE.es (2018-10-16). "Ana Penyas, Premio Nacional de Cómic 2018". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  3. ^ "Penyas | Ediciones Salamandra". www.salamandra.info (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  4. ^ a b EFE (2018-10-16). "Ana Penyas, primera mujer en alzarse con el Premio Nacional de Cómic". www.publico.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  5. ^ a b "Ana Penyas, primera mujer en ganar el Premio Nacional del Cómic" (in Spanish). El Confidencial. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  6. ^ a b Roca, Ana Teresa (2018-10-16). "Las abuelas de Ana Penyas, Premio Nacional del Cómic". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  7. ^ "Penyas | Ediciones Salamandra". www.salamandra.info (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  8. ^ Constenla, Tereixa (2021-01-31). "Ana Penyas dibuja los nubarrones de 60 años de sol y playa". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  9. ^ Abella, Anna (2021-02-17). "El drama social tras la burbuja del turismo y el ladrillo llega al cómic". El Periódico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  10. ^ Constenla, Tereixa (2017-12-07). "Elogio de las abuelas". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  11. ^ Cultura, elDiarioes (2018-10-16). "Ana Penyas, primera mujer en ganar el Premio Nacional del Cómic". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  12. ^ Agencias, Cultura (2018-10-16). "Ana Penyas, primera mujer en ganar el Premio Nacional del Cómic". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  13. ^ Beltrame, Sara (2018-04-12). "Ana Penyas y sus abuelas, la revelación del Salón del Cómic de Barcelona". Pikara Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  14. ^ Press, Europa (2022-02-21). "'Todo bajo el sol' de Ana Penyas, mejor cómic del año según la asociación de críticos". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  15. ^ "Estamos todas bien | Ediciones Salamandra". www.salamandra.info (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  16. ^ Cooke, Rachel (2023-02-28). "We're All Just Fine by Ana Penyas review – home truths in a tyrant's reign". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
  17. ^ Catálogo; Autores; Prensa; Llar', Cursos 'La; Distribución; Nosotros; Contacto; Catálogo; Autores. "En transición | Ana Penyas". Barlin Libros (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  18. ^ "Todo bajo el sol". Megustaleer. Retrieved 2026-05-03.


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