http://www.kalvellido.net/

RIDIKULUM VITAE

The  translators  of  Tlaxcala  have the immense luck of  counting among them Juan Kalvellido, a cartoonist born from the  working  class  (he  specifies  that he sunk in the  working  class)  that  has never stopped  believing  in revolution. This Andalusian born in  Cadiz  in 1968, during the student revolts, lives in Malaga, where he earns his bread and butter working  in the hotel and catering business,  an euphemism to say  that  during eight hours (or even more!) of  every  day, of every  month, of  every  year… he serves giant hamburgers (whoppers, but over there they call them güopers) while imaginining thousands of drawings, and then later…  when he  goes home,  dedicates  the rest of the day to making us and his family happy.

He has published many fanzines: Por amor al arte (7 issues lasting 5 years, until 1998), Kabezacapada (1995), Especial gr-aznar (1995), Vamos a reír (1996), Vamos a reír 2 (1997), Los zulos del estado (1997), Las kosas que nunca mueren (1998), Kolabora con la policía… ¡golpéate a ti mismo! (1999),  Entre la España y la pared (2002), A chankete le olía el aliento (2003). He has drawn CD covers for bands like 3 de Bastos  (4 CD) and A Palo Seko (Pp Pinotxo). He illustrates poetry books:  Orion,  by Pilar Quirosa (1989), Islas provisionales, by Pilar Quirosa (1995), Desertor de tu voz, by Alberto Aguirre (1999), A pesar de todo la cerveza no enmudece, by Julián Sánchez (2003), Figurando el paisaje, by Julián Sánchez (2005); children tales like El Kangrejito Valiente, by Patxi Irurzun (2004); novels like Atrapados en el tiempo, by Patxi Irurzun (Literary creative Prix 2004). He publishes daily cartoons on www.insurgente.org and www.rebelion.org. He collaborates on a monthly basis on the journal Diagonal, on the magazine El viejo topo and on the humour magazine Karmadice.

Kalvellido is getting bald, is a loving father and, of course, let’s repeat it, he incredibly still believes in revolution.