Portrait of Jordi Canyissà

Comics crític

(Barcelona, 1972). He holds a Degree in Law and Journalism and is the author of the biography Raf, el ‘gentleman’ de Bruguera [Raf, the Bruguera Gentleman] (2015), dedicated to the comic author Joan Rafart Roldán, creator of Sir Tim O’Theo. 

As a theorist and populariser of comics, he has participated in collective books such as El gran Vázquez [The Great Vázquez] (2011), Tebeos. Las revistas infantiles [Comics. Children’s Magazines] (2014), Jan. El genio humilde [Jan. The Humble Genius] (2014), La bande dessinée historique [The Historical Comic Strip] (2015), On the Edge of the Panel (2015), El humor gráfico [Graphic Humour] (2019) and Carpanta 75 aniversario [Carpanta’s 75th Anniversary] (2022). He is a comics critic for La Vanguardia and its supplement Cultura/s.

Articles by Jordi Canyissà

​Històries de la Model
'Històries de la Model' [Stories of La Model Prison], voices of a century of changes

The documentary comic book by Jordi de Miguel and Susanna Martín explores the history of the Barcelona prison and the experiences of some of its inmates....

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