Francisco Raúl Cáceres Anillo, usually credited as Raulo Cáceres (born February 20, 1976) is a Spanish

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. He is best known for his work at

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, in particular providing art for titles by

Warren Ellis Warren Girard Ellis (born 16 February 1968) is a British comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of several original comics series, including '' Transmetropolitan'' (1997–2002), '' Global Frequency'' ...

Biography

He studied Fine Arts in Sevilla and Granada and, starting in the early 1990s, he has been published in a number of local fanzines. In Spain his best known work is the horror comic ''Elizabeth Bathory'', reprinted by

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, who have also published his ''Morbid Tales''Profile of ''Morbid Tales''
/ref> and a reworking of de Sade's '' Justine'' and '' Juliette''. He started his American career in 2007 with

, with

on ''

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'', '' Crécy'' and ''Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island'', then on the franchise Crossed with various writers. He's currently working with

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on ''The Extinction Parade''.

Bibliography

Comics

Comic work includes: *'' Elizabeth Bathory'' (in '' Wetcomix'', 1999, republished by

, 2002–2007) *''Justine y Juliette'' (in ''Wetcomix'', republished by

, 140 pages, 2005, ) *''Morbid Tales'' (

, 2004) *'' Belladonna'' (with Brian Pulido,

, 2007) *''2001 Maniacs Hornbook'' (with

Mike Wolfer Mike Wolfer was a comic book writer and artist. He attended The Kubert School for two years. He started his career in 1987 by forming his own publishing company, Ground Zero Comics, and self-published "Daikazu" (8 issues) and "Daikazu Vs. Gugo ...

, July, 2007) *'' Crécy'' (with

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, 2007) *''

'' (with

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, 2007-2008) *''

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Swimsuit 2007'' (with various artists, one-shot,

, December 2007) *''Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island'' (with

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, 2010-2011) *'' Crossed: Psychopath'' (with

David Lapham David Lapham is an American comic book writer, artist, and cartoonist, best known for his work on the independent comic book '' Stray Bullets''. Career David Lapham started his career in 1990 as a penciller at Valiant Comics. He went on to wor ...

, 2011) *''Crossed: Badlands'' #19-20 (with

Simon Spurrier Simon "Si" Spurrier (born 2 May 1981) is a British comics writer and novelist, who has previously worked as a cook, a bookseller, and an art director for the BBC. Getting his start in comics with the British small press, he went on to write hi ...

) (2012), #25-28 (with

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) (2013),

*''The Extinction Parade'' (with

, 2013-2014)

Covers

He has also provided covers for other comic books including: *''

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'' #1-13 (2007–2009) *''Crossed: Badlands'' (2012-present)

Notes

References

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's Comiclopedia

External links

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Avatar Press profileComic Vine profileGRAVEL artist Raulo Caceres talks about Ellis, Wolfer, and their upcoming series with Avatar
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