Manfred Sommer (comic artist)

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Manfred Sommer (born May 27, 1933 in San Sebastian , † October 3, 2007 in Galifa ) was a Spanish comic book artist , author and illustrator , best known for his adventure series Frank Cappa .

life and work

Sommer was born the son of a German and an Andalusian mother in the Spanish Basque Country, grew up in Barcelona and emigrated to France at the age of 21. There and in Belgium he received professional drawing training. His main influences, however, can be found in Milton Caniff , Frank Robbins and later in particular Hugo Pratt .

He worked in various European countries, including three years as a cartoon filmmaker in France, and above all as a painter and book illustrator.

In 1979, Sommer returned to Spain and published his first comic book, the short story Karelia . The series Frank Cappa , in which he describes the experiences of a war correspondent, was a great success in 1981 . He joined Spanish comic artists Jordi Bernet , Antonio Segura , Leopold Sánchez and José Ortiz and was part of the ambitious but short-lived Metropol initiative that published three magazines in the early 1980s. The works El Lobo Solimento and Pollux were discontinued after each album.

Despite the recognition by readers and criticism for his comic work, Manfred Sommer turned to painting in the 90s. He returned as a comic artist in 2003, in which he drew various episodes of the western comic series "Tex", which is very famous in Italy.

Publications in Germany

Frank Cappa series

  • Frank Cappa - The Last African and Other Stories , Feest , 1984 (1981 in Spain)
  • Frank Cappa 1 , comic library , 1983
  • Frank Cappa in Brazil , Feest, 1983
  • Frank Cappa in Canada , Comic Library, 1984
  • Somoza and Gomorrah - Frank Cappa in Nicaragua , Feest, 1985
  • Frank Cappa 1 - Viet-Song , Carlsen Verlag , 1991
  • Frank Cappa 2 - Victims and Heroes , Carlsen, 1992

Single albums

  • The lonely wolf , comic library, 1986
  • Pollux , comic library, 1986 (1980 in Spain)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas. C. Knigge: comic dictionary . Ullstein 1988, p. 412.

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personal data
SURNAME Summer, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish comic book artist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH San Sebastian
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 2007
Place of death Galifa