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José Ortiz (comics)
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José Ortiz Moya is a Spanish comics artist
, best known for several collaborations with Antonio Segura
, such as the series Hombre
.
comics, he created the series Sigur el Vikingo and Johnny Fogata in 1959, and Carolynn Baker for the English newspaper Daily Express
in 1962.
Ortiz joined Warren Publishing
in 1974 due to his connections with the Valencia studio of Selecciones Illustrada. He would remain with Warren until 1983 and drew more stories for that company (approximately 120) than any other artist. His work included the series Apocalypse, Night of the Jackass and Coffin in Eerie, as well as Pantha in Vampirella and numerous stand alone stories. Ortiz would also draw Vampirella herself in issues 35 and 36 of that title. He won the award for 'Best All Around Artist' at Warren in 1974.
Following this period in the U.S. comics industry making horror comics, he returned to Spain and formed a lasting and fertile working partnership with Antonio Segura in 1981, initiated by the serial publication of Hombre, a post-apocalyptic saga, in the magazine Cimoc.
By 1983, Ortiz and Segura joined with several other artists including Leopold Sánchez
, Manfred Sommer
and Jordi Bernet
, to form the short-lived publishing house Metropol with the artists' interest in mind, responsible for three comics magazines, Metropol, Mocambo and KO cómics.
During the 1980s Ortiz also produced work for a number of British publications including The Tower King
and The House of Daemon
for Eagle
and The Thirteenth Floor
for Scream!
. He then moved over to 2000 AD in 1984 where he contributed to a number of stories with most work on Rogue Trooper
.
In addition to the continued run of Hombre, Ortiz and Segura created Ives and Las Mil Caras de Jack el Destripador (The Thousand Faces of Jack the Ripper) the following years, later renaming Ives to Morgan. In 1987, they began the humorous sci-fi series Burton & Cyb, followed in 1990 by the series Juan el Largo.
Since 1993, Ortiz has focused on the Italian comics market, illustrating stories for Tex Willer
, Ken Parker and Magico Vento
.
Comics artist
A comics artist is an artist working within the comics medium on comic strips, comic books or graphic novels. The term may refer to any number of artists who contribute to produce a work in the comics form, from those who oversee all aspects of the work to those who contribute only a part.-Comic...
, best known for several collaborations with Antonio Segura
Antonio Segura
Antonio Segura is a Spanish comics writer.-Biography:Antonio Segura's earliest work appeared in the early 80s after meeting the experienced artists José Ortiz, Luis Bermejo and Leopold Sanchez who were looking for an inexperienced scriptwriter, untainted by the industry...
, such as the series Hombre
Hombre (comics)
Hombre is a Spanish comics series written by Antonio Segura and drawn by José Ortiz, first published in 1981 in the magazine Cimoc.-Publication history:...
.
Biography
José Ortiz Moya career began at an early age, winning an artistic tournament held by the Spanish magazine Chicos. After a period of making pocket sizedPaperback
Paperback, softback or softcover describe and refer to a book by the nature of its binding. The covers of such books are usually made of paper or paperboard, and are usually held together with glue rather than stitches or staples...
comics, he created the series Sigur el Vikingo and Johnny Fogata in 1959, and Carolynn Baker for the English newspaper Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
in 1962.
Ortiz joined Warren Publishing
Warren Publishing
Warren Publishing was an American magazine company founded by James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for decades...
in 1974 due to his connections with the Valencia studio of Selecciones Illustrada. He would remain with Warren until 1983 and drew more stories for that company (approximately 120) than any other artist. His work included the series Apocalypse, Night of the Jackass and Coffin in Eerie, as well as Pantha in Vampirella and numerous stand alone stories. Ortiz would also draw Vampirella herself in issues 35 and 36 of that title. He won the award for 'Best All Around Artist' at Warren in 1974.
By 1983, Ortiz and Segura joined with several other artists including Leopold Sánchez
Leopold Sánchez
-Career:Sánchez was born in 1948 in Spain. Sánchez started his career in the comic book industry at the age of 14, as an assistant for the artist Gines Garcia. Throughout the 1960s he assisted the artists José Ortiz and Leopold Ortiz. He eventually started working on his own in Britain and France...
, Manfred Sommer
Manfred Sommer
Manfred Sommer was a Spanish comics artist, best known for the reporter comics series Frank Cappa.-Career:Sommer was born at San Sebastián....
and Jordi Bernet
Jordi Bernet
Jordi Bernet Cussó is a Spanish comics artist, best known for the gangster comics series Torpedo and Jonah Hex.-Career:He was born in Barcelona, the son of a Spanish comic book artist, Miguel Bernet....
, to form the short-lived publishing house Metropol with the artists' interest in mind, responsible for three comics magazines, Metropol, Mocambo and KO cómics.
During the 1980s Ortiz also produced work for a number of British publications including The Tower King
The Tower King
The Tower King was a comic series published in the British comic book Eagle, from issue 1 to issue 24 .It was written by Alan Hebden and drawn by José Ortiz.-Plot:...
and The House of Daemon
The House of Daemon
The House of Daemon was a comic strip published in the British comic book Eagle, from issue 25 to issue 47 . It was written by Alan Grant and John Wagner, and drawn by José Ortiz....
for Eagle
Eagle (comic)
Eagle was a seminal British children's comic, first published from 1950 to 1969, and then in a relaunched format from 1982 to 1994. It was founded by Marcus Morris, an Anglican vicar from Lancashire. Morris edited a parish magazine called The Anvil, but felt that the church was not communicating...
and The Thirteenth Floor
The Thirteenth Floor (comic strip)
The Thirteenth Floor was a story originally published in the British horror comic Scream! from March 24, 1984, and also in Eagle when Scream! was absorbed into it. It was written by "Ian Holland", a combined pseudonym of Alan Grant and John Wagner, and drawn by José Ortiz.Originally, The Thirteenth...
for Scream!
Scream!
Scream! was a British weekly comic anthology with a horror theme, running from March 24, 1984 until 30 June 1984, published by IPC Magazines....
. He then moved over to 2000 AD in 1984 where he contributed to a number of stories with most work on Rogue Trooper
Rogue Trooper
Rogue Trooper is a science fiction strip in the British comic 2000 AD, created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons. It follows the adventures of Rogue, a G.I. and his three comrades' search for the Traitor General...
.
In addition to the continued run of Hombre, Ortiz and Segura created Ives and Las Mil Caras de Jack el Destripador (The Thousand Faces of Jack the Ripper) the following years, later renaming Ives to Morgan. In 1987, they began the humorous sci-fi series Burton & Cyb, followed in 1990 by the series Juan el Largo.
Since 1993, Ortiz has focused on the Italian comics market, illustrating stories for Tex Willer
Tex Willer
Tex Willer is the main fictional character of the Italian comics series Tex, created by writer Gian Luigi Bonelli and illustrator Aurelio Galleppini, and first published in Italy on 30 September 1948. It is among the most popular characters of Italian comics, with translations to numerous ...
, Ken Parker and Magico Vento
Magico Vento
Magico Vento is the character of an Italian comics book/western with the same name, issued monthly by Sergio Bonelli Editore. Magico Vento's true name is Ned Ellis, a former member of US Army who had become an Indian shaman...
.
French titles
- Le petit sauvage (1980, Editions du Triton, ISBN 84-8513-813-9)
- L'apocalypse (1982, Campus Editions, ISBN 84-8513-813-9)
- Hombre, with Antonio Segura
- HS1. Une humanité errante (1987, Kesselring, ISBN 2-88159-020-9)
- HS2. L'héritage de l'humanité (1988, Kesselring, ISBN 2-88159-030-6)
- T1. L'ombre du désespoir (1989, Magic strip, ISBN 2-8035-0190-2)
- T2. L'ultime ennemi (1989, Magic strip, ISBN 2-8035-0202-X)
- T3. Attila (1991, Soleil ProductionsSoleil ProductionsSoleil Productions is a French publisher of both original and imported comic books.-Partnerships and collaborations:In 2004, Soleil and Delcourt created a joint venture called "DelSol", a partnership distribution society for France, Belgium and other Francophone countries.In 2008, Marvel Comics is...
, ISBN 2-87764-055-8) - T4. Attila et les sept nains (1992, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-110-4)
- T5. Les vautours (1994, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-110-4)
- T1. La Genèse - Une tombe en béton (1993, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-134-1)
- T2. La Genèse - La vallée de la vengeance (1993, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-135-X)
- T3. La Genèse - Le chasseur (1993, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-149-X)
- Burton & Cyb, with Antonio Segura
- 1. Escrocs de l'espace (1989, Comics USA, ISBN 2-87695-051-0)
- 2. Loubards des étoiles (1989, Comics USA, ISBN 2-87695-101-0)
- 3. Gangsters galactiques (1991, Comics USA, ISBN 2-87695-134-7)
- 4. Pourritures planétaires (1992, Comics USA, ISBN 2-87695-176-2)
- Morgan, with Antonio Segura
- 1. Repose en paix (1989, Les Humanoïdes AssociésLes Humanoïdes AssociésLes Humanoïdes Associés is a French publishing house specialising in comics and graphic novels. Founded in December 1974 by Mœbius, Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Philippe Druillet and Bernard Farkas in order to publish Métal Hurlant, it quickly expanded to include a variety of science fiction work...
, ISBN 2-7316-0600-2) - 2. Le Contrat (1991, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-060-4)
- 3. Le Zombie (1991, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-069-8)
- 4. Don Gaetano (1992, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-099-X)
- 5. Petits nègres et négriers (1993, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-138-4)
- 6. Les Vampires (1993, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-142-2)
- 1. Repose en paix (1989, Les Humanoïdes Associés
- Jean le Long (Juan el Largo) with Antonio Segura
- 1. Jean le Long (1990, Vaisseau d'argent, ISBN 2-87757-027-4)
- 2. Le lac des emeraudes (1991, Vaisseau d'argent, ISBN 2-87757-045-2)
- Jack l'éventreur (Jack el Destripador) with Antonio Segura (1992, Magic Strip, ISBN 2803502771)
British titles
British comics work includes:- The Tower KingThe Tower KingThe Tower King was a comic series published in the British comic book Eagle, from issue 1 to issue 24 .It was written by Alan Hebden and drawn by José Ortiz.-Plot:...
(with Alan Hebden, in EagleEagle (comic)Eagle was a seminal British children's comic, first published from 1950 to 1969, and then in a relaunched format from 1982 to 1994. It was founded by Marcus Morris, an Anglican vicar from Lancashire. Morris edited a parish magazine called The Anvil, but felt that the church was not communicating...
#1-24, 1982) - The House of DaemonThe House of DaemonThe House of Daemon was a comic strip published in the British comic book Eagle, from issue 25 to issue 47 . It was written by Alan Grant and John Wagner, and drawn by José Ortiz....
(with John WagnerJohn WagnerJohn Wagner is a comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy. Alongside Pat Mills, Wagner was responsible for revitalising British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has continued to be a leading light in British comics ever since.He is best known for his work on...
/Alan Grant, in Eagle #25-47, 1982–1983) - The Fifth Horseman: A Thaddius Thorn Story (with Alan Hebden, in Eagle #49-69, 1983)
- The Amstor Computer:
- "714299 - The Computer Murder" (with B. J. Tomlinson, in Eagle #79, 1983)
- "221 - Nightmare!" (with Alan Hebden, in Eagle #91, 1983)
- Tharg's Future Shocks:
- "The War Game!" (as Jaimie Ortiz, with Alan Hebden, in 2000 AD #386, 1984)
- "Time to Wake Up" (with Larry Watson, in 2000 AD #609, 1989)
- The Helltrekkers (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, as F. Martin Candor, in 2000 AD #387, 1984)
- Rogue TrooperRogue TrooperRogue Trooper is a science fiction strip in the British comic 2000 AD, created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons. It follows the adventures of Rogue, a G.I. and his three comrades' search for the Traitor General...
(as Jaimie Ortiz):- "Return of Rogue Trooper" (with Gerry Finley-DayGerry Finley-DayGerry Finley-Day was a prolific British comics writer from the 1960s to the 1980s, best known as the creator of Rogue Trooper.He started out at D. C. Thomson & Co., before becoming the editor of IPC's girls' title Tammy in 1971, for which he wrote strips such as "Ella on Easy Street" and "The Camp...
, in 2000 AD #410-419, 1985) - "Antigen of Horst" (with Gerry Finley-Day, in 2000 AD #422-426, 428-432, 1985)
- "Return to Milli-Com" (with Gerry Finley-Day, in 2000 AD #444-449, 1985)
- "The Fanatics" (with Peter MilliganPeter MilliganPeter Milligan born in London, a British writer, best known for his comic book, film and television work.-Early career:Milligan started his comic career with short stories for 2000 AD in the early 1980s. By 1986, Milligan had his first ongoing strip in 2000AD called Bad Company, with artists Brett...
, in 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1986) - "Nort by Nortwest" (with Peter Milligan, in 2000AD Annual 1987, 1987)
- "Return of Rogue Trooper" (with Gerry Finley-Day
- Judge DreddJudge DreddJudge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...
: "Night of the Ripper" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in 2000 AD #517, 1987)
- An English language collection of the Scream! story The 13th Floor was published in Ireland in 2007
External links
- José Ortiz biography on LambiekLambiekLambiek is a comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded in 1968 by Kees Kousemaker .It has held exhibitions of art by comic creators, including Robert Crumb, Daniel Clowes, Erik Kriek, André Franquin, Tanino Liberatore and Chris Ware...
Comiclopedia - José Ortiz biography on MurciaComic