Teresa Valero
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| Born | Teresa Valero Sánchez July 23, 1969 Madrid, Spain |
| Occupations | Comics author, animator |
Teresa Valero Sánchez (born 23 July 1969) is a Spanish animator and comics author. In 2026 she was the first woman to win the Best Comic by a Spanish Author Award at Comic Barcelona.[1]
Life and career
Born in Madrid in 1969, Valero worked for years as a production secretary in an animation studio until 1996, when she co-founded her own studio, Tridente Animación, together with Juan Díaz Canales, Ángel Martin and Juan Carlos Moreno.[2]
She debuted into comics in 2007, writing the series Sorcelleries (drawn by Juanjo Guarnido) for the French market.[3] Valero also wrote the series Curiosity Shop (2011–13), drawn by Montse Martín.[4] In 2013 she debuted as comic illustrator with We Are Family (story by Marie Pavlenko).[5]
Valero then collaborated with Juan Diaz Canales to write the story of the duology Gentlemind, drawn by Antonio Lapone.[6] The volumes were published in France in 2020[7] and 2022.[8] I Gentlemind vol. 1 was nominated for two Eisner Awards in 2021: Best Digital Comic and Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art), for Lapone.[9]
In 2021, Valero signed her first solo work with Contrapaso:Les enfants des autres.[10] The story centers on Émilio Sanz, a journalist responsible for current events in Madrid in 1956, under the Franco dictatorship. This first volume was very well received by critics and earned the author numerous nominations and awards.[11] Among others, Contrapaso: Les enfants des autres won the Mor Vran BD prize at the French Goéland Masqué Festival of crime fiction and noir and the BD Hors les Murs 2022 prize.[12][13] Five years later, Contrapaso2: Mayores con reparos (Norma 2025) about the assassination of an ecclesiastical censor[14] won the Best Spanish Author Award at Cómic Barcelona 2026, making her the first woman to receive the award in the festival's 44-year history.[1]
In 2023 Valero was part of the jury of the 41st Comic Barcelona.[15]
References
- 1 2 Abella, Anna (2026-05-15). "Teresa Valero hace historia en un Cómic Barcelona que encumbra la legendaria fantasía de Esteban Maroto como Gran Premio". El Periódico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-18.
- ↑ "Festival ViÑetas Poitiers" (PDF). 2023-09-21. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
- ↑ MAGNERON, Philippe. "Sorcelleries 1. Le ballet des mémés". www.bdgest.com (in French). Retrieved 2026-05-18.
- ↑ MAGNERON, Philippe. "Curiosity Shop 3. 1915 - Le Moratoire". www.bdgest.com (in French). Retrieved 2026-05-18.
- ↑ Roure, Benjamin. "Rencontre avec Marie Pavlenko et Teresa Valero, auteures de la bande dessinée We are family | BoDoï, explorateur de bandes dessinées - Infos BD, comics, mangas" (in French). Retrieved 2026-05-18.
- ↑ Aug Stone (December 17, 2020). "Gentlemind". The Comics Journal (Review). Retrieved 2026-05-18.
- ↑ MAGNERON, Philippe. "Gentlemind 1. Gentlemind - Épisode 1". www.bdgest.com (in French). Retrieved 2026-05-18.
- ↑ MAGNERON, Philippe. "Gentlemind 2. Gentlemind - Épisode 2". www.bdgest.com (in French). Retrieved 2026-05-18.
- ↑ Grunenwald, Joe (2021-07-24). "ComicCon@Home '21: The 2021 Eisner Award winners". The Beat. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
- ↑ MAGNERON, Philippe. "Contrapaso 1. Les enfants des autres". www.bdgest.com (in French). Retrieved 2026-05-18.
- ↑ horacio (2023-12-24). "Contrapaso. Los hijos de los otros: novela gráfica magistral de Teresa Valero". Culturamas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-18.
- ↑ "Normandie: les personnes détenues saluent Contrapaso, de Teresa Valero". ActuaLitté.com (in French). Retrieved 2026-05-18.
- ↑ "À Penmarc'h, le prix Mor Vran BD du Goéland Masqué attribué à Teresa Valero". Le Télégramme (in French). 2022-04-12. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
- ↑ iquadrat. CONTRAPASO. MAYORES, CON REPAROS - Norma Editorial (in Spanish).
- ↑ "Ganadores de los Premios del 41 Comic Barcelona - Zona Negativa". zonanegativa.com (in Spanish). 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2026-05-20.