Born in Madrid in 1972, Juan Diaz Canales began his career at 18
for the Spanish animation studio Lapiz Azul, where he and Juanjo
Guarnido first met. After Guarnido moved to Paris, the two traded
ideas about the project that became Blacksad, a series of graphic
albums written by Diaz Canales as a 1950s noir. The writer now
juggles scripting for comics and animation as well as directing for
television. While Blacksad was Canales's first published comics
work, he has collaborated with several artists, most recently with
Antonio Lapone on the Eisner-nominated Gentlemind, co-written with
Diaz Canales's wife Teresa Valero.
Juanjo Guarnido was born in Granada, Spain, in 1967. After meeting
Juan Diaz Canales at the Lapiz Azul animation studio, Guarnido
moved to Paris in 1993 to join the Walt Disney Studios satellite in
Montreuil, where he worked as an animator. While there, Guarnido
began drawing his first graphic album, working long-distance with
Diaz Canales toward the 2000 publication of Blacksad- Somewhere
within the Shadows. The overwhelming success of the title has
allowed Guarnido to take on other projects, like Sorcelleries with
writer Teresa Valero and the recent best-selling Les Indes Fourbes
with writer Alain Ayroles.
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