Master Man by Lucas Soriano
Red Skull by Lucas Soriano
From Lucas Soriano’s blog.
Just too funny to be ignored
November 16th, 2009Curiosities: Darko Macan & Edvin Biukovic’s Horror story in Spanish Creepy
November 13th, 2009
Macan & Biukovic in Spanish Creepy Page 1
Macan & Biukovic in Spanish Creepy Page 2
Macan & Biukovic in Spanish Creepy Page 3
Macan & Biukovic in Spanish Creepy Page 4
Macan & Biukovic in Spanish Creepy Page 5
Macan & Biukovic in Spanish Creepy Page 6
Published in Creepy Vol. 2 #9 (1990). At the issue’s end, Uncle Creepy asks to his readers if they like the just discovered talent of Edvin Biukovic. As the editor (Josep Toutain) was mainly an artists’ agent, does anybody know if it was ever published in the USA?
Toutain was “the person to blame” for all those great Spanish artists (José González, Esteban Maroto, Sanjulian, José Ortiz, …) that drew for Warren’s magazines during the 1960’s and 1970’s.
Curiosities: 1990 Cover for Krazy Comics #5 by Carlos Pacheco
November 10th, 2009
Cover for Krazy Comics #5 by Carlos Pacheco
Making Off: Cerebus #3 (Spanish fanzine) by Emilio Gallego
November 8th, 2009
Emilio Gallego's pencils for issue #3
Emilio Gallego's inks for issue #3
Final illustration by Emilio Gallego for issue #3
Emilio haven’t been too much related to comics lately, since Gallegobros Animation’s success. Probably you already know Shuriken School, one of their most internationally spread creations.
Cover of the Week: Excalibur #4
November 7th, 2009
Excalibur (1988 series) #4 by Alan Davis & Paul Neary
After Frank Miller’s Dark Knight and Moore & Gibbons’ Watchmen, superhero comics became darker and a little bit “too” serious”
In response to that DC’s Justice League and Marvel’s Excalibur put some humour in the business.
My life as a teenage fanzine editor: Introduction
November 6th, 2009When I was younger and had spare time I did want to get involved in the comics scene. I couldn’t draw so I tried to learn a bit, but the super-hero’s pin-ups I was drawing were terribly wrong in too many aspects and I decided to give up on my artist career very soon.
Cerebus by Manuel Barrero
“If you cannot draw, you have to write” I thought. I had a couple of friends that weren’t as bad artist as I was and we started making the “most original” Punisher/Batman crossover ever. The story started with Batman and the Punisher as enemies, but later they did realize they had misunderstand each other and became allies (original, isn’t it?). Before it was finished I was quiting my script writing career too. And I was only 15 years old.
What career was left in the comics business for me? “Editor” was the only answer I could imagine.
I didn’t know any artist able to make their own comics so I thought that I had to reprint other comics. Most fanzines were photocopied (for obvious economic reasons) so I started to think that any comic worth to be reprinted by me had to be published in black and white. Being a fan of american comic books I didn’t know many interesting black and white comics, so I chose Dave Sim’s Cerebus.
To be continued…
Making Off: Power Girl #5 variant cover by Guillem March
November 5th, 2009Yesterday, I brought a traditionally done cover by Victor Santos. This time I have a different kind of making off.
Power Girl #05 Variant Layouts
Power Girl #05 Variant Foreground
Power Girl #05 Variant Background
Power Girl #05 Variant Inks
Power Girl #05 Variant Final
From Guillem March’s blog.
Making Off: Mice Templar #5 Cover
November 4th, 2009
Mice Templar #5 Cover Thumnails
Mice Templar #5 Cover Pencils
Mice Templar #5 Cover Inks
From Victor Santos’ blog
Cover of the week: Los reyes Elfos #1 by Victor Santos
October 29th, 2009
Los Reyes Elfos #1
Victor Santos’ Los Reyes Elfos (The Elven Kings) is a 2 issue miniseries (later reprinted in a softcover) self-published in 2000 under the label 7 monos.
On the personal side, I have to say that I didn’t see the series’ potential when I was offered to “invest” on it. But it was a big success in the Spanish comics independent market and gave a big push to Victor’s career, helping him to to keep working and evolving constantly up to reach a very high level as shown in works like Mice Templar or Filthy Rich.
Definitively, a work that has to be known…
Denys Cowan 1986 Question Ad
October 27th, 2009
Did I ever mention that I liked The Question series (the 1986 one) a lot ?
