Enrique Sánchez Abulí (born 20 February 1945) is a Spanish
comics
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author
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, well known for his participation in the
Spanish comics
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industry. His most famous work is the darkly comical
gangster
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comics saga ''
Torpedo
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'' in collaboration with
Jordi Bernet
Jordi Bernet Cussó (born 14 June 1944) is a Spanish comics artist, best known for the gangster comics series ''Torpedo'' and for American weird western comic book ''Jonah Hex''.
Career
He was born in Barcelona, the son of a Spanish comic book ar ...
.
Biography
Abulí was born in
Palau-del-Vidre
Palau-del-Vidre (; ca, Palau del Vidre) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Palau-del-Vidre is located in the canton of La Côte Vermeille and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Population
...
, in France.
Having tried in a number of professions in various locations in the world, Abulí began his career as a translator and writer of comics in Spain in the early 1980s. With the influential publisher
Josep Toutain Josep is a Catalan language, Catalan masculine given name equivalent to Joseph (Spanish ''José'').
People named Josep include:
* Josep Bargalló (born 1958), Catalan philologist and former politician
* Josep Bartolí (1910-1995), Catalan painter ...
, Abulí collaborated with the veteran artist
Alex Toth
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to conceive ''Torpedo 1936''. The relationship was short-lived, as Toth withdrew from the project due to creative differences in 1981.
He was replaced by the artist Jordi Bernet which started a very productive working relationship and resulted in a long series. ''Torpedo'' achieved popular international success, an
Angoulême International Comics Festival
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award, and eventually a dedicated comics magazine of its own named ''Luca Torelli es Torpedo'' in 1991.
Later collaborations with Bernet include ''De vuelta a casa'', ''La naturaleza de la bestia: Ab Irato'' and ''Snake: por un punado de dolares''. He has also published work with artists such as
Marcelo Perez,
Oswal
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,
Christian Rossi
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,
Darko Perovic and
Riff Reb's.
Bibliography of French publications
* ''Torpedo'', with Jordi Bernet
**1. ''Tuer c'est vivre'' (1983, with Alex Toth, L'Echo des Savanes,
)
**2. ''Mort au comptant'' (1984, L'Echo des Savanes,
)
**3. ''Ni fleurs ni couronnes'' (1984, Albin Michel,
)
**4. ''Chaud devant!'' (1985, Albin Michel,
)
**5. ''En voiture, Simone'' (1986, Albin Michel,
)
**6. ''Sale temps!'' (1987, Albin Michel,
)
**7. ''Sing-Sing Blues'' (1987, Albin Michel,
)
**8. ''Monnaie de singe'' (1988, Comics USA,
)
**9. ''Debout les morts'' (1988, Comics USA,
)
**10. ''Dieu reconnaîtra les tiens!'' (1990, Comics USA,
)
**11. ''Rien ne sert de mourir'' (1994, Comics USA,
)
**12. ''Devine qui va morfler ce soir...'' (1995, Comics USA,
)
**13. ''Cuba'' (1997, Glénat,
)
**14. ''Adieu, gueule d'amour'' (1999, Glénat,
)
**15. ''Affreux, sales, bêtes, méchants et immondes'' (2004, Toth,
)
* ''Alex Magnum'' with Genies
** ''Le bras de la loi'' (1986, Magic Strip,
)
** ''La loi du ghetto'' (1989, Delcourt,
)
* ''Retour'' (''De vuelta a casa'') (1986, with Jordi Bernet, Gilou,
)
* ''Histoires Noires'' (''Historias Negras'') (1988, with Jordi Bernet,
)
* ''Joe Breakdown'' (1989, with Eric Puech, Comics USA,
)
* ''Parlez-moi de mort'' (''La naturaleza de la bestia'') (1989, with Jordi Bernet, Comics USA,
)
* ''Sur Liste Noire'' (1996, with Jordi Bernet, Vents d'Ouest,
)
* ''L'Albinos'' (1997, with Marcelo Perez, Dargaud,
)
* ''Snake: Double paire'' (1998, with Jordi Bernet, Albin Michel,
)
* ''Sombres destins'' (1998, with Oswal, L'Echo des Savanes,
)
* ''Capitaine La Guibole'' (2000, with Christian Rossi, Albin Michel,
)
* ''Glam et Comet, Purée cosmique'' (2005, with Riff Reb's, Albin Michel,
)
Awards
* 1986:
Angoulême
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Best Foreign Album Award for ''Torpedo: Chaud devant''
* 1994: Nominated for the
Harvey Award
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for Best American Edition of Foreign Material for ''Torpedo''
* 1995: Nominated for the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material for ''Torpedo''
Footnotes
Sources
Abulí publications in ''l'Écho des Savanes''BDoubliées
Bedetheque
External links
Enrique Sánchez Abulí biographyon Dargaud
Enrique Sánchez Abulí web page
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1945 births
Living people
People from Pyrénées-Orientales
French comics writers
Spanish comics writers
French male writers