 juanjo guarnido is a spanish illustrator and the co-author of the comic book series blacksad. ==early life== guarnido was born in granada, spain. he studied painting at the art school of granada. ==career== guarnido collaborated on several fanzines and produced work for marvel comics. unfortunately, the small size of the spanish market forced him to turn to other means of earning a living. in 1990, he left granada and moved to madrid, where he worked on a tv series for three years. there he met juan dÃ­az canales, with whom he discussed producing comics. in 1993, guarnido applied for a job with the walt disney studios in montreuil, france and consequently moved to paris. he was the lead animator for the character sabor in the disney film tarzan. after guarnido left disney, he reconnected with canales. after contacting several editors, guarnido and canales finally signed on with french publisher dargaud, and in november 2000, quelque part entre les ombres (somewhere within the shadows) was published. it was a success among critics and the public, and won the prix de la dÃ©couverte at the sierre international comics festival and the "avenir" prize at the lys-lez-lannoy festival, respectively in switzerland and france. in march 2003, the second album arctic-nation was released. it was once again a success, winning the prize awarded by the audience and the prize for artwork at the 2004 angoulÃªme international comics festival. the third instalment of the blacksad series, Ãme rouge (red soul), was published in 2005. in 2006 it was awarded the angoulÃªme prize for a series. ==bibliography== * blacksad series (dargaud) **somewhere within the shadows (2000) **arctic nation (2003) **red soul (2005) **the hell, the silence (2010) **amarillo (2013) ==awards== *2000: prize for best first album at the lys-lez-lannoy festival{{cite web|last=dargaud|title= guardino juanjo |url=http://www.dargaud.com/front/auteurs/auteur.aspx?id=1147|language=frenc
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