Juan Giménez
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Juan Antonio Giménez López (born November 26, 1943 in Mendoza , Argentina ; † April 2, 2020 there ) was an Argentine cartoonist . He was known, among other things, from the series The Meta-Barone (together with Alejandro Jodorowsky ), which acts in the fictional universe of John Difool .
He drew his first comics at the age of 16. He later designed storyboards for commercials . In the late 1970s he moved to Spain and worked for French, Spanish and Italian magazines, among others. In 1979 he published his first color comic, Estrella Negra . Other albums followed, mainly from the science fiction field , with which he made a name for himself. He has been awarded several comic prizes.
Among other things, he worked on the film Heavy Metal . His studio was in Sitges , a place near Barcelona .
On April 2, 2020, Giménez died during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina at the age of 76 as a result of a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Works
- The Meta-Barons Caste, eight volumes
- The Fourth Power, four volumes
- Leo Roa
- I, the dragon
- Garbage (with trillo )
- On the wings of time
Web links
- Literature by and about Juan Giménez in the catalog of the German National Library
- Juan Giménez in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Homepage (spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Veteran comic book artist Juan Giménez's death from coronavirus leaves industry members devastated. Retrieved April 3, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giménez, Juan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Giménez López, Juan Antonio (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | argentinian comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mendoza , Argentina |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 2, 2020 |
| Place of death | Mendoza , Argentina |