Vicente Segrelles (born 9 September 1940 in
Barcelona
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) is a Spanish
comic book
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artist and writer.
Segrelles gained popularity in Europe for his painted comic book epic ''The Mercenary'' (''
El Mercenario''), started in 1980. Set in a medieval fantasy world, ''El Mercenario'' follows the adventures of a
mercenary
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in his fight against evil. Unusual for the craft of comic books, every panel of his work for this series—which has reached 14 issues so far—is painted in
oil
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, a time-consuming process.
Segrelles was also the cover artist for the Italian science fiction magazine ''
Urania
Urania ( ; grc, , Ouranía; modern Greek shortened name ''Ránia''; meaning "heavenly" or "of heaven") was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy, and in later times, of Christian poetry. Urania is the goddess of astronomy and stars, he ...
'' from 1988 to 1991.
Bibliography
* 1970 ''Lazarillo de Tormes/El licenciado Vidriera'' scripted by
María Teresa Díaz
* 1981 El Mercenario 1-''El Pueblo del Fuego Sagrado'' for "
Cimoc"
* 1983 El Mercenario 2-''La Fórmula''
* 1984 El Mercenario 3-''Las Pruebas''
* 1988 El Mercenario 4-''El Sacrificio''
* 1991 El Mercenario 5-''La Fortaleza''
* 1992 ''Histoires Fantastiques: Une Histoire du Mercenaire''
* 1992 El Sheriff Pat 1-''Expediente Mojado''
* 1992 El Sheriff Pat 2-''En la Santa María''
* 1992 ''Los Errores de Colón'' para "Cimoc"
* 1992 ''1992'' (Published in various magazines)
* 1993 El Mercenario 6-''La Bola Negra''
* 1993 ''Veinte años de Cómic''
* 1995 El Mercenario 7-''El Viaje''
* 1996 El Mercenario 8-''Año Mil, el Fin del Mundo''
* 1997 El Mercenario 9-''Los Ascendientes Perdidos''
* 1997 ''Un Alto en el Camino''
* ''La Evidencia'' (Published in various magazines)
* 1998 El Mercenario 10-''Gigantes''
* 1999 ''El Dragón''
* 2000 El Mercenario 11-''La Huida''
* 2002 El Mercenario 12-''El Rescate''
* 2003 El Mercenario 13-''El Rescate II''
See also
*
Josep Segrelles
*
Segrelles Museum
References
External links
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1940 births
Living people
Spanish comics artists
Artists from Catalonia
20th-century Spanish painters
20th-century Spanish male artists
Spanish male painters
21st-century Spanish painters
Science fiction artists
Fantasy artists
Painters from Barcelona
21st-century Spanish male artists
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