Jesse Santos (June 24, 1928 – April 27, 2013)
was a
Filipino
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comic-book artist. He is best known as the co-creator of ''
Dagar the Invincible
''Tales of Sword and Sorcery Featuring Dagar the Invincible'' is a comic-book series created by writer Donald F. Glut and artist Jesse Santos for Western Publishing's Gold Key Comics line.
Publication history
The first issue had the cover date of ...
'' and ''
Tragg and the Sky Gods
''Tragg and the Sky Gods'' was a comic-book title published by Gold Key Comics in the mid-1970s. The series was created by writer Donald F. Glut and artist Jesse Santos. Later, artist Dan Spiegle would work on the title.
Appearances
The character ...
'' with writer
Donald F. Glut.
Biography
Jesse Santos was born in
Teresa, Rizal
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It is situated in the slopes of the ...
, the Philippines, and began drawing professionally at the age of 14. One of his artistic influences was
Francisco Coching
Francisco V. Coching (January 29, 1919
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.
His other influences include
Hal Foster
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,
Burne Hogarth
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Early life
...
,
Jack Kirby
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,
Alex Raymond
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, and
Tony Velasquez
Antonio "Tony" Velasquez (29 October 1910 – 1997) is a Filipino illustrator regarded as the Father of Tagalog comics and as the pioneer and founding father of the Philippine comics industry. He was the creator of '' Kenkoy'', an “iconic Phil ...
. Santos began his career in the
''Komiks'' industry by drawing the "Kidlat" feature in ''
Halakhak Komiks'' in 1946.
He moved to the United States in 1969 and began working for
Western Publishing
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's line of
Gold Key Comics
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after a chance meeting with editors
Chase Craig
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and Del Connell.
His earliest work in the U.S. is inking
Jack Sparling
John Edmond Sparling (June 21, 1916 – February 15, 1997), was a Canadian comics artist.
Biography
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sparling moved to the United States as a child. He received his early arts training at the Arts and Crafts Club in New ...
's penciled artwork in ''The Microbots'' #1 (Dec. 1971).
He became the artist on the ''
Brothers of the Spear
"Brothers of the Spear" was a long-running backup feature in the ''Tarzan'' comic-book series created by American company Western Publishing and published first through Dell Comics and then through Gold Key Comics. Though published as part of a li ...
'' series in 1972 and worked with writer
Gaylord DuBois
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on the first 12 issues.
That same year, Santos and writer Donald F. Glut co-created ''Dagar the Invincible'' and ''Tragg and the Sky Gods''. They also collaborated on ''
The Occult Files of Dr. Spektor
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''. Santos received an offer from
Marvel Comics
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to work on their ''
Conan the Barbarian
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'' series, but turned it down. In the 1980s, Santos left the comics industry and became involved in advertising
and animation design. He worked on such series as ''
Bionic Six
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'', ''
Blackstar
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'', ''
Dino-Riders
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Jem'', and ''
Tiny Toon Adventures
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''.
After retiring in 1998, Santos often performed as a
lounge
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singer and self-produced an album of
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love ballads.
[Cooke pp. 96–97]
Bibliography
Archie Comics
* ''Archie's Super Hero Comics Digest Magazine'' #2 (1979)
* ''
Mad House'' #96 (1974)
Gold Key Comics
* ''
Brothers of the Spear
"Brothers of the Spear" was a long-running backup feature in the ''Tarzan'' comic-book series created by American company Western Publishing and published first through Dell Comics and then through Gold Key Comics. Though published as part of a li ...
'' #1–12 (1972–1975)
* ''Gold Key Spotlight'' #6, 8 (1977)
* ''The Microbots'' #1 (1971)
* ''
Mystery Comics Digest
''Mystery Comics Digest'' was one of three digest size comics published by Gold Key Comics in the early 1970s. The other two were '' Golden Comics Digest'' and '' Walt Disney Comics Digest''.
''Mystery Comics Digest'' was published for 26 issues, ...
'' #1–4, 7, 9–10, 12–15 (1972–1974)
* ''
The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor'' #1–24 (1973–1977)
* ''Tales of Sword and Sorcery Featuring
Dagar the Invincible
''Tales of Sword and Sorcery Featuring Dagar the Invincible'' is a comic-book series created by writer Donald F. Glut and artist Jesse Santos for Western Publishing's Gold Key Comics line.
Publication history
The first issue had the cover date of ...
'' #1–17 (1972–1976)
* ''
Tragg and the Sky Gods
''Tragg and the Sky Gods'' was a comic-book title published by Gold Key Comics in the mid-1970s. The series was created by writer Donald F. Glut and artist Jesse Santos. Later, artist Dan Spiegle would work on the title.
Appearances
The character ...
'' #1–8 (1975–1977)
References
External links
*
Jesse Santosat Mike's Amazing World of Comics
Jesse Santos obituaryat
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1928 births
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