Juanjo Guarnido (born in 1967 in Granada, Spain) is a Spanish illustrator and the co-author or the Blacksad series. Guarnido studied painting at the Art school of Granada, he studied there painting. During his studies, he also collaborated on several fanzines and published some drawings at Comics Forum-Planeta de Agostini, the Spanish edition of Marvel comics. At that time, though, he decided not to pursue a career in comics because he did not believe there was a broad enough Spanish market to enable him to earn a living. In 1990, he left Granada to Madrid, where he worked on a TV series for 3...