Jesús Redondo Román (born 8 August 1934)
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who has been published in many countries, including Spain, the UK, the

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, Sweden and the United States.

Biography

The son of a schoolteacher, Redondo was born in

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, Spain. He moved to

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in 1958 to work for an advertising agency, and was soon Head of Studio. His first comics work was "Profesor Woosley" for Editorial Bruguera in 1962. His Spanish work includes ''

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'', ''Un Paseo por la Rioja'', ''Centauro'' and ''SOS Dossier Ecológico''. He has also drawn "Edward" for the Dutch magazine ''Tina''.Jesús Redondo
on

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's Comiclopedia In the mid-1960s he began working for UK publishers D. C. Thomson & Co. and IPC, initially on girls' comics like '' Diana'' ("Suzette of the Silver Sword") and '' Jackie'', later on boys' adventure comics like '' 2000 AD'', '' Starlord'', ''

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'' and '' Scream!'', including drawing

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for the ''

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'' in 1986. In the 1990s he worked on '' Motormouth and Killpower'' for

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, and ''

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'' for Marvel US. In recent years he has been illustrating children's books as well as comics.

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

''2000 AD''

*''

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'': ** "Airship" (with Nick Allen, in '' 2000 AD'' #13, 1977) ** "Spotbox" (with Nick Allen, in ''2000 AD'' #17, 1977) ** "Planet Killers" (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #27-29, 1977) ** "The Dolphin Tapes" (with

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/Oniano, in ''2000 AD'' #54-55, 1978) *''

Tharg's Future Shocks ''Tharg's Future Shocks'' is a long-running series of short strips in the British weekly comic '' 2000 AD'' in 1977. The name originates from the fictional editor of 2000 AD and the book titled ''Future Shock'', written by Alvin Toffler, publi ...

'': ** "Poacher" (with Barry Clements, in ''2000 AD'' #85, 1978) ** "The Machine" (with

Kelvin Gosnell Kelvin Gosnell is a British comics writer and editor. He was involved in the founding of the long-running comic '' 2000 AD'' in 1977, and was its second editor (1977–1978). He also edited '' Starlord'' (1978) and ''Tornado'' (1979). Biography ...

, in ''2000 AD'' #224, 1981) ** "Giant Leap" (with Kelvin Gosnell, in ''2000 AD'' #230, 1981) **"The Red House" (with Steve Moore, in ''2000 AD'' #231, 1981) ** "Love Thy Neighbour" (with Kelvin Gosnell, in ''2000 AD'' #242, 1981) **"The Lanulos Run" (with David Perry, in ''2000 AD'' #258, 1982) ** "Nigel Goes a Hunting" (with Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #259, 1982) ** "The Writing on the Wall" (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #268, 1982) ** "One Christmas During Eternity!" (with Alan Moore, in ''2000 AD'' #271, 1982) **"The Martians" (with David Perry, in ''2000 AD'' #274, 1982) ** "Sunburn" (with Alan Moore, in ''2000 AD'' #282, 1982) **"Beware the Men in Black" (with David Perry, in ''2000 AD'' #286, 1982) **"The Pioneer" (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #302, 1983) **"Class of '65" (with Alan Hebden, in ''2000 AD'' #382, 1984) **"The Edge of Forever" (with Alan Hebden, in ''2000 AD'' #429, 1985) *'' Project Overkill'' (with Kelvin Gosnell and Ian Gibson, in ''2000 AD'' #119-126, 1979) Project Overkill
at 2000 AD online *''

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'' (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #148-151, 1980) *''

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'' (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #162-175, 1980) *'' Return to Armageddon'' (with Malcolm Shaw, in ''2000 AD'' #185-218, 1980–81) *''

Nemesis the Warlock ''Nemesis the Warlock'' is a comic series created by writer Pat Mills and artist Kevin O'Neill which appeared in the pages of the British weekly comics anthology '' 2000 AD''. The title character, a fire-breathing demonic alien, fights agains ...

'' Book 2 (with

, ''2000 AD'' #246-257, 1982) *''

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'': ** "Joy Riders" (with Alan Hebden, in ''2000 AD'' #311, 1983) ** "Ring Road" (with Alan Moore, in ''2000 AD'' #320, 1983) ** "The Time Machine" (with Alan Moore, in ''2000 AD'' #324, 1983) **"The Great Infinity Inc. Foul-Up" (with Chris Lowder, in ''2000 AD'' 356-357, 1984) **"Running Out of Time" (with Chris Lowder, in ''2000 AD'' #362, 1984) *''

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'': "First of the Few" (with Alan Moore, ''2000 AD Annual 1984'', 1983) *'' Missionary Man'': "Mark of the Beast" (with

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, in ''2000 AD'' #1201-1204, 2000) *'' Tharg's Terror Tales'': "Birth of the Mazzikim" (with David Baillie, in ''2000 AD'' #1737, 2011) *'' Tharg's 3rillers'': "Rewind" (with Robert Murphy, in ''2000 AD'' #1856, 2013)

Starlord

*''Mind Wars'' (with Alan Hebden and Ian Gibson, in '' Starlord'' #2-22, 1978)

Starblazer

*"The Promised Planet" (with G. Parker, '' Starblazer'' #96, 1983) *"Pirates of the Ether Sea" (with Ray Aspden, ''Starblazer'' #100) *"The Executioner" (''Starblazer'' #165) *"Ravenmaster" (with M Gately, ''Starblazer'' #257)

Eagle

*''The Amstor Computer'' **"6746 - Journey on the Junk Food Express" (with Alan Hebden, ''

'' #83, 1983) *''

'' **"Marshall" (with

, c. 1986) **"Untitled" (in ''Eagle Annual 1988'', 1987) **"Untitled" (in ''Eagle Annual 1989'', 1988)

Scream!

*''Monster'' (with Alan Moore, John Wagner, 1984)

Various

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'' (in ''Adventuras bizarras'', 1987–89; ''La Revista de El Mundo'', 1999)

Marvel

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'' #2-3 (with Adam Bezark, 4-issue mini-series,

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, May–June 1995) *'' Star Trek: Voyager'' #1-12 (with Laurie S. Sutton, ongoing series, Marvel Comics, November 1996 - December 1997) *'' Kitty Pryde, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (pencils, with writer

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, 3-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, December 1997 - February 1998) *''

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versus

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'' (with Ivan Vasquez) 2004

Notes

References

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