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A comic strip by Joan Cornellà. In the final panels, a person in a green suit smiles while preparing to inject a child in a pink dress with a syringe.

Beautifully crude, rude and lewd drawings from Joan Cornella!

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Date
8 April 2013

For me, coming across Joan Cornella’s collages are something of a love-at-first-sight situation — the picture I first saw told a brief story about a man being shot in the crotch by a pink bear in a tree, who then runs over to lend him a tampon. It’s hard to say exactly why these gruesome tales are so pleasing, but I guess it’s something to do with how they’re simultaneously so well-drawn, hilarious and colourful. We don’t know much about Joan, but if you’re reading, get in touch! We want to pick your brains (and then leave offerings of candles, beads and small snacks outside your house).

A six-panel comic illustration showing a person in a yellow top and pink trousers being struck by a missile. In the final panel, they stand calmly with the missile embedded in their torso, still holding a cocktail glass.
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Joan Cornella: Untitled

A six-panel comic by Joan Cornellà. A person in a green beanie and blue jacket is suddenly shot in the neck, falling to the ground. A second person in a pink shirt appears and begins to physically merge with the first person, eventually forming a surreal, multi-limbed figure.
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Joan Cornella: Homeless

A six-panel comic illustration showing a person in a pink top shooting an older person in a green dress. The shooter then smiles while poking the victim's head with a tool. In the final panels, a police officer arrives and the two people smile together.
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Joan Cornella: Gangsta Grandma

A six-panel comic illustration by Cornella. A park ranger and a doctor encounter a person in a red car, then work together to transform the person's body into a human-shaped wheelchair.
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Joan Cornella: Hopity

A six-panel comic by Joan Cornellà. A person sees a billboard of themselves wearing a polka-dot sweater, then buys a pink car while wearing the same outfit. In the final panel, they sit on a pavement with a hammer, having smashed their own legs.
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Joan Cornella: L

An illustration of four people in suits stacked vertically. The person at the top sits on a toilet on a pink rooftop, while the others support them from below.
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Joan Cornella: Mate Job

A six-panel comic by Joan Cornellà. A person in a red suit tips their hat to a person in a pink top, who looks confused. In the next panels, a person in a yellow suit pushes a bin away, and the person in pink smiles. The final panels show the person in the red suit lifting their hat to reveal their head is filled with food and waste.
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Joan Cornella: Trash

A six-panel comic by Joan Cornellà. A person in an orange suit is shot by another person hiding in a tree, then meets a smiling pink bear who cleans the wound. The final panels show the two characters smiling at each other.
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Joan Cornella: Tampon

A six-panel comic by J. Cornella. A person in a yellow coat offers a flower to another person, then walks away and removes their own head to plant it in the ground. In the final panels, the head grows into a new person who wears the yellow coat and is embraced by two others.
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Joan Cornella: U Bermensch

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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