Miguel Ángel Martín (born 1960 in
León) is a Spanish comic author and artist. He won the Best New Artist award at the 1992
Barcelona International Comic Fair. Martín is the author of the controversial comic ''
Psychopathia Sexualis'' (which was banned in Italy).
He has also written many other experimental comics which deal with subjects including dystrophic
Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting said to focus on a combination of "low-life and high tech". It features futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cyberwa ...
scenarios (''Cyberfreak'' etc.) or
body horror; his protagonist ''Brian the Brain'' for instance features an open skull in which the brain lies visible and unprotected. Other popular publications are ''Rubber Flesh'' and ''Surfing on the Third Wave'' (publisher:
El V%C3%ADbora).
Besides that Martín has illustrated record covers (Subterfuge Records et al.) and other publications.
List of works
The following list of works is taken from the artists website and does not include works he did for magazines or illustrations.
* Brian the Brain (La Cúpula/El Víbora)
* RubberFlesh (La Cúpula)
* Keibol Black (La Factoría)
* Kyrie Nuevo Europeo (La Factoría)
* The Space Between (La Factoría)
* Anal Core (La Factoría)
* Snuff 2000 (La Factoría)
* Psychopathia Sexualis (La Factoría)
* Big Whack! (La Factoría)
* Crónica Negra (Midons Editorial)
* Días felices (La Factoría)
* Barny (Gryker & Asociados)
* Atolladero-Texas with script from Oscaraibar (Glenat)
* Cyberfreak (Topolin Edizioni)
* Sicotronic Records (Subterfuge)
* HardON (La Factoría)
* NeuroHabitat (La Factoría)
* Play Love (Rey Lear)
* Surfing on the third wave
Awards
; Source
* 1992 ''Revelation Author Award'' in the International Salon of Comic (Barcelona)
* 1999 Italian International Comics and Cartooning Exhibition; ''Famous
Yellow Kid Award'' (Roma)
* 2003 Great Award "Attilio Micheluzzi" (Napoli, Comicon)
* 2006 Best European Comic Award Romics (Rome)
* 2007 Best comic of the year award XL -
La Repubblica
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(Comicon, Napoli)
References
External links
Miguel Ángel Martín, information and bibliography (in Spanish)
1960 births
Living people
People from León, Spain
Spanish comics writers
Spanish comics artists
Spanish album-cover and concert-poster artists
Comics colorists
Spanish science fiction artists
Spanish horror artists
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