Fermín Solís Campos is a Spanish

Spain

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 cartoonist

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, animator, and illustrator. Born in Madroñera

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, Cáceres

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, Extremadura

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, his illustrations have appeared in Clio

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, Época

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and Rockdelux

Rockdelux

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. He is the author of numerous graphic novels and books; “his stories are about everyday life, relations, searching, coincidences, everything mixed with a small dosis of surrealism.”

Solís is self-taught, and his style was influenced by the work of Seth

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, Andi Watson

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, and Dupuy and Berberian

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He won the prize known as Certamen de Cómic e Ilustración at Injuve in 2002 and the prize known as Autor Revelación in the Barcelona Comics Festival (Salón del Cómic de Barcelona) in 2004.

Books

• Dando Tumbos (Subterfuge 2000)
• Otra Vida (D2ble D2sis, 2001)
• No te Quiero Pero te Amo un Poco (Aralia, 2002)
• Los Días Más Largos (Balboa, 2003)
• Un Pie Tras Otro (Plan B, 2003)
• No te quiero, pero… (Astiberri, 2004)
• Dan Laxante, Detective Cotidiano (Tebeo Vivo, 2004)
• De Ballenas y Pulgas (Ariadna Editorial, 2004)
• El Hombre del Perrito (Astiberri, 2005)
• El Año que Vimos Nevar (Astiberri, 2005)
• Las Pelusas de mi Ombligo # 1 (Cabezabajo, 2006)
• Lunas de Papel (Dib-buks, 2007)
• Las Pelusas de mi Ombligo #2 (Dolmen 2007)
• Astro-Ratón y Bombillita # 1: Parece que Chispea (Mamut, 2008)
• Buñuel en el Laberinto de las Tortugas (Editora Regional de Extremadura)

External links

Official website

• Fermín Solís on Lambiek