Joan Vizcarra

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rdf:langString Joan Vizcarra Carreras (born 1967 in , Tarragona) is a Spanish cartoonist. He has several books published by the Spanish language satirical magazine El Jueves. Although his first love was music -and more specifically the rock and roll of classic musicians like Elvis Presley- very soon he fell in love with painting. In 1985, he moved to Barcelona, where he studied arts in the University. While there, he discovered that he had an ability to draw caricatures. Since 1991 he works for El Jueves, perhaps Spain's most important satiric magazine. He has contributed to other publications like El Periódico de Catalunya or the Catalan newspaper Avui. In 1995 you begin weekly collaborations for El Periódico de Catalunya. Later he also collaborates in the supplement of the newspaper El Mundo. In 1997 he was appointed Professor of Humor by the University of Alcalá de Henares.