Vicente Segrelles
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Vicente Segrelles is a Catalan-Spanish
comic book artist and writer.
He was born in Barcelona
.
Segrelles gained popularity in Europe for his painted comic epos The Mercenary (El Mercenario
), started in 1980. Set in a medieval fantasy world, El Mercenario follows the adventures of a mercenary in his fight against evil. Unusual for the craft of comic books, every panel of his work for this series—which reached 13 issues so far—is painted in oil, a time consuming process.
Segrelles was also the cover artist for the Italian science fiction magazine Urania
from 1988 to 1991.
Spain
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comic book artist and writer.
He was born in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
.
Segrelles gained popularity in Europe for his painted comic epos The Mercenary (El Mercenario
El Mercenario
El Mercenario is a fantasy comic series by the Spanish artist Vicente Segrelles, published starting from 1980. The latest volume was published in 2003....
), started in 1980. Set in a medieval fantasy world, El Mercenario follows the adventures of a mercenary in his fight against evil. Unusual for the craft of comic books, every panel of his work for this series—which reached 13 issues so far—is painted in oil, a time consuming process.
Segrelles was also the cover artist for the Italian science fiction magazine Urania
Urania (magazine)
Urania is an Italian science fiction magazine published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore since October 10, 1952.-History:The first issue featured the novel The Sands of Mars by Arthur C. Clarke...
from 1988 to 1991.