Vicente Segrelles

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Vicente Segrelles (2009)

Vicente Segrelles Sacristán (born September 9, 1940 in Barcelona ) is a Spanish cartoonist and author . He is best known in Germany for the comic series El Mercenario , in which a mercenary fights against evil in a world full of mythical creatures . The small scope of Segrelles' work is justified by the fact that all of his drawings are made with oil paints instead of ink .

life and work

Segrelles began his career as an illustrator for magazines, catalogs, instructions for use and advertising campaigns when he illustrated a book for the first time on Homer's work in 1960. In the following years he developed into a renowned book illustrator and graphic artist who created the comic series El Mercenario in 1980 .

Publications

German title ( Spanish title ), publisher, year of publication German

El Mercenario

  1. The Mercenary ( El Pueblo Del Fuego Sagrado ), Bastei , 1982
  2. The Formula of Death ( La Fórmula ), Bastei, 1985
  3. The four trials ( Las Pruebas ), Bastei, 1985
  4. The Sacrifice ( El Sacrificio ), Bastei, 1989
  5. The Fortress ( La Fortaleza ), Bastei, 1992
  6. The Black Ball ( La Bola Negra ), Bastei, 1994
  7. Journey into the Wisp ( El Viaje ), Bastei, 1995
  8. The end of the world ( año mil.El fin del mundo ), Carlsen , 1999
  9. The Lost Ancestors ( Los Ascendientes Perdidos ), Carlsen, 2000
  10. The Guardian of the Black Sun ( La Huida ), Carlsen, 2001
  11. Gigantes ( Gigantes ), Carlsen, 2001
  12. The Abduction ( El Rescate ), Arboris, 2004
  13. The Uprising ( El Rescate II ), Arboris, 2004
  14. The Last Day ( El ultimo dia ), Splitter , 2014

Sheriff Pat

  1. For a handful of taxes more ( El Expediente Mojado ), Bastei, 1991
  2. Nothing goes ahead of America ( En La Santa María ), Bastei 1991

literature

  • Gerhard Habarta, Harald Havas : Comic worlds. History and structure of the ninth art. Edition Comic Forum Vienna, 1992
  • Vicente Segrelles: Vicente Segrelles. Edition Luxor, Verlag Sackmann and Hörndl, 1992

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personal data
SURNAME Segrelles, Vicente
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Segrelles Sacristán, Vicente
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish comic artist and author
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona