José Ramon Bernadó
José Ramón Bernadó Kneff (born February 16, 1965 in Vilanova i la Geltrú near Barcelona ) is a Spanish comic artist .
Life and work
Bernadó, who taught himself how to draw by himself and mainly refers to Alex Raymond and John Buscema as artistic influences, began to work as an animation artist in the 1980s. Other artists whose work influenced Bernadó's cartoon-like, coarse drawing style are Floyd Gottfredson , Daniel Branca and Daan Jippes . His engagements from this time include works for the studios Acció, Oniria Pictures and Munich Animation, while the most famous series he worked on was the children's series El Ultimo Koala .
Berandó's first work as a comic artist, the story El Verdugo , was published in the comic magazine A Tope published by Norma. In 1991 he got drawing jobs for European licensees of the American entertainment company Disney , which gave him the opportunity to draw stories about various Disney characters such as Goofy and Mickey Mouse. Subsequently he drew stories about Mickey Mouse and Goofs for the Italian publisher Mondadori and the Danish publisher Egmont and later stories about the "Bad Little Wolf" and the " DuckTales " for French Disney licensors and "Dumbo" and "Basil the Mouse Detective." “Stories for Dutch Disney Franchisees .
In 1995 Bernadó received drawing orders for the American Marvel Verlag at the Salone del Comic in Barcelona, for which he subsequently illustrated stories for the series Wolverine , the Special Fury / AGent 13 and the Silver Surfer Annual . For Marvel's competitor DC Comics , he oversaw series such as Extreme Justice , Justice League Task Force (1996) and Superboy (1996-1997) in the following years . Authors he worked with at the time included Ron Marz and Christopher Priest .
In 1998 Bernadó gave up his work for the US market in order to be able to devote himself again to the work for European Disney products, which he did on behalf of the Sanchis and Comicon Studios. He drew stories about Mad Madam Mim , Little Hiawatha and Dumbo for the Dutch weekly Donald Duck magazine and stories about the title character for the French Mickey Mouse magazine.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bernadó, José Ramon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bernadó Kneff, José Ramón (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vilanova i la Geltrú , Barcelona |