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Rafael Aura León
Rafael Aura León (22 December 1939 - 24 June 1993) was a Spanish comics artist, known primarily as Auraleón, which is how he signed his work. Biography Born in Barcelona, Auraleón's career began in 1959 when he joined the Spanish agency Selecciones Ilustradas, through which he worked in British comics in the 1960s, drawing westerns for ''Lone Star (comics), Lone Star'', war stories for ''Commando (comics), Commando'', ''Air Ace (comics), Air Ace'', ''Combat (comics), Combat'' and ''Conflict (comics), Conflict'', romance stories for ''Romance in Pictures'', and science fiction stories for ''Space Ace (comics), Space Ace''. Auraleón joined American company Warren Publishing in 1971, becoming one of their most prolific artists, with 69 stories in total. This would rank him fourth among all artists at Warren after José Ortiz (comics), José Ortiz, Esteban Maroto and Luis Bermejo. Auraleón worked primarily in ''Vampirella'', with approximately 20 stories appearing in ''Creepy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creepy (magazine)
''Creepy'' was an American horror (genre), horror-comics magazine launched by Warren Publishing in 1964. Like ''Mad (magazine), Mad'', it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and did not carry the seal of the Comics Code Authority. An anthology magazine, it initially was published quarterly but later went bimonthly. Each issue's stories were introduced by the host character, Uncle Creepy. Its sister publications were ''Eerie'' and ''Vampirella''. Launch Illustrator and editor Russ Jones, the founding editor of ''Creepy'' in 1964, said he approached ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' magazine publisher James Warren (publisher), Jim Warren with the idea of horror comics similar to the 1950s' EC Comics comic books. Warren also choose not to use the comics industry's voluntary self-censorship Comics Code Authority for his black and white magazines. Warren eventually agreed. Jones recalled that: Joe Orlando was not only an illustrator for ''Creepy'' but also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
