JosÃ© Luis GarcÃa-LÃ³pez

JosÃ© Luis GarcÃa-LÃ³pez (born March 26, 1948) is a Spanish comic book artist who works in the United States of America, mostly for DC Comics.

Early life

JosÃ© Luis GarcÃa-LÃ³pez was born on March 26, 1948 in Pontevedra, Spain, and lived subsequently in Argentina. He was inspired by artists as Alex Raymond, Harold Foster, Milton Caniff, JosÃ© Luis Salinas and Alberto Breccia.

Career

During the 1960s, GarcÃa-LÃ³pez worked for Charlton Comics. In 1974 he moved to New York, where he met DC Comics editor Joe Orlando. His first interior art credit for DC was June 1975's "Nightmare In Gold" back-up in Action Comics #448, where he inked the pencils of artist Dick Dillin. The following month, he inked the pencils of Curt Swan on a "Private Life of Clark Kent" backup story in Superman #289, before graduating to full pencils on a back-up story (written by E. Nelson Bridwell in Detective Comics #452 (October 1975). The following month, GarcÃa-LÃ³pez and writer Gerry Conway created the Hercules Unbound series and in April 1977, he and writer Michael Fleisher launched the Jonah Hex ongoing series. GarcÃa-LÃ³pez and Conway collaborated on a Superman vs. Wonder Woman story in All-New Collectors' Edition #C-54 (1978). DC Comics Presents, a team-up title starring Superman was launched in 1978 by writer Martin Pasko and GarcÃa-LÃ³pez. He drew a DC-Marvel crossover between Batman and the Hulk in DC Special Series #27 (Fall 1981). He penciled five issues of The New Teen Titans in 1985 and writer Marv Wolfman later commented that "I knew that I had this incredible artist who could draw almost anything that I wanted...So I decided to make the story just the biggest spectacle I could come up with."

Other notable works include Atari Force, Cinder and Ashe, Road to Perdition, Deadman, and various DC superheroes. His work on Twilight has been praised, receiving an Eisner Award nomination.

His 2000s work includes JLA: Classified with writer Gail Simone. He penciled a 2009 story arc in Batman Confidential, which introduced the King Tut character. He drew Metal Men story in Wednesday Comics which was written by Dan DiDio. In 2011, he drew one of the stories in The Spirit #17. DC Comics published a collection of his Superman stories in Adventure of Superman: JosÃ© Luis GarcÃa-LÃ³pez in 2013.

Bibliography

DC

Action Comics #448, 451, (Phantom Stranger) #623, 641 (1975â€"89)
Adventure Comics (Vigilante): #442; (Deadman): #462-463, 465-466 (1975â€"79)
All-New Collectors' Edition (Superman vs. Wonder Woman) #C-54 (1978)
All-Star Western, vol. 3, #10, 30-31 (2012-14)
Atari Force, vol. 2, #1-12 (1984)
Batman #272, 336-337, 353 (1976â€"82)
Batman Confidential #26-28 (2009)
Batman Family (Robin and Batgirl team-up) #3 (1976)
Batman: Gotham Knights (Batman Black and White) #10 (2000)
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #16-20, 149-153 (1991-2002)
Batman: Reign of Terror, graphic novel (1999)
Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation #1 (1995)
Batman:The Blue, the Grey, and the Bat #1 (1993)
The Brave and the Bold #164, 171 (1980â€"81)
Cinder and Ashe, miniseries, #1-4 (1988)
DC Comics Presents #1-4, 17, 20, 24, 31, 41 (1978â€"82)
DC Graphic Novel (Star Raiders) #1 (1983)
DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy, miniseries, #1-4 (2005)
DC Special Series (Kid Flash) #11; (Legion of Super-Heroes) #21; (Batman vs. The Incredible Hulk) #27 (tabloid format) (1978â€"81)
DC Universe: Legacies, limited series, #3-4 (2010)
Deadman, miniseries, #1-4 (1986)
Deadman, miniseries, #5-6 (2002)
Detective Comics (Batman): ##449, 454, 458-459; (Hawkman): #452, 454-455Â ; (Elongated Man): #500 (1975â€"81)
Dr. Strangefate, one-shot (Amalgam Comics) (1996)
Green Lantern Annual #3 (1987)
Hawkman vol. 4 #18 (2003)
Hercules Unbound #1-6 (1975â€"76)
Heroes Against Hunger (2 pages, among other artists) (1986)
House of Secrets (Abel) #154 (1978)
JLA: Classified #16-21 (2006)
Joker #2-4 (1975)
Jonah Hex #1-4, 10, 32, 73 (1977â€"83)
Just Imagine Stan Lee creating Green Lantern (backup story) (2001)
Legion of Super-Heroes, vol. 3, #55 (among other artists) (1988)
Many Worlds of Tesla Strong, one-shot (among other artists) (2003)
New Teen Titans, vol. 2, #7-11 (1985)
On the Road to Perdition, miniseries, #1-3 (2003)
Realworlds: Superman, one-shot (2000)
Robin Annual #2 (1993)
Secret Origins (Phantom Stranger) #10 (1987)
Showcase '94 (New Gods) #1 (1994)
The Spirit, vol. 2, #17 (2011)
Superman (Superman): #289, 294, 301-302, 307-309, 347; (Mr. Mxyzptlk): #351 (1976â€"80)
Superman, vol. 2, #104-105 (1995)
Superman, Inc (Elseworlds) (1999)
Superman: Kal (Elseworlds) (1995)
Tarzan #250-255 (1976)
Twilight, miniseries, #1-3 (1990)
Wednesday Comics (Metal Men) #1-12 (2009)
Weird War Tales #41, 44, 108 (1975â€"82)
Weird Western Tales (Jonah Hex) #32-33, 38 (1976â€"77)
Wonder Woman Annual #1 (among other artists) (1988)
World's Finest Comics (Superman and Batman) #244, 255, 258 (1977â€"79)

Other publishers

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #64-65 (Gold Key, 1975)
Career Girl Romances #71 (Charlton, 1972)
Ghostly Tales #77, 79, 146 (Charlton, 1969â€"70, 1980)
Grimm's Ghost Stories #24-25 (Gold Key, 1975)
Just Married #68-69, 71-74 (Charlton, 1969â€"70)

Compilations

On the Road to Perdition (with Max Allan Collins, 296 pages, Paradox Press, December 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0357-4, Titan Books, May 2005, ISBN 1-84576-023-9 collects:
- Book 1: Oasis (with inks by Josef Rubinstein, 96 pages, Paradox Press, May 2003, ISBN 1-4012-0068-0, Titan Books, June 2003, ISBN 1-84023-689-2)
- Book 2: Sanctuary (with inks by Steve Lieber, 96 pages, Paradox Press, December 2003, ISBN 1-4012-0173-3, Titan Books, March 2004, ISBN 1-84023-796-1)
- Book 3: Detour (with inks by Steve Lieber, 96 pages, Paradox Press, July 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0174-1, Titan Books, October 2004, ISBN 1-84023-942-5)

Awards

1992: Nominated for "Best Artist" Eisner Award, for Twilight.
1997: Nominated for "Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team" Eisner Award, with Kevin Nowlan, for Doctor Strangefate

References

External links

Checklist from "Tebeosfera" site
Checklist from Google site

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