- Enrique Badia Romero
Infobox Comics creator
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birthname = Enrique Badía Romero
birthdate = birth date and age|1930|4|24
location =Barcelona ,Spain
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nationality = Spanish
area = artist
alias = Badia
notable works = "Modesty Blaise " "AXA"
awards = full listEnrique Badía Romero (who signs his work simply Romero) is a Spanish
comics artist , best known to English-speaking audiences for his work on "Modesty Blaise ". He is also the co-creator of thepost-apocalyptic science fiction strip "AXA", as well as a substantial body of work in his native Spain.Biography
Romero's career began at the age of 15 when he was taken on as an apprentice of the artist Emilio Freixas.Cite web|last=Friedrich|first=Peter|publisher=Die deutsche Modesty Blaise website|title=Enrique Romero|url=http://www.sayyide.de/html/enrique_romero1.html] After contributing to the publication "Susy" in 1949, he went on to produce artwork for several series under the signature "Badia".Cite web|last=Dan Dare|title=Enrique Badia Romero|url=http://www.dandare.info/artists/romero.htm] He launched the magazine "Alex" in 1953 and two years later founded the publishing firm Ruiz Romero for which he produced the series "Cromos", "Hombres de Lucha" and "Historia de la Guerra".Cite web|last=Lambiek Comiclopedia|title=E. Badia Romero|url=http://lambiek.net/artists/r/romero_eb.htm] In the years that followed Romero did work for
Fleetway ."Modesty Blaise"
Romero began his association with writer
Peter O'Donnell 's "Modesty Blaise" strip in 1970 when he was called in to finish the storyline "The War-Lords of Phoenix" due to artistJim Holdaway 's unexpected death. Initially, Romero intentionally imitated Holdaway's style in order to make the changeover less noticeable, but soon established his own take on the character of Modesty Blaise, portraying her in a more exotic and voluptuous style than Holdaway did. Romero drew the "Modesty Blaise" strip until 1978, and while doing episodes ofAndré Chéret 's "Rahan" for the comics magazine "Pif gadget " from 1976, and beginning in 1978, Romero collaborated withDonne Avenell to create the science-fiction series "AXA" for the English tabloid newspaper "The Sun ".In 1986 Romero returned to "Modesty Blaise" and remained with the strip until O'Donnell retired in 2001. In 2002, Romero was commissioned to draw a
graphic novel adaptation of the "Modesty Blaise" short story "The Dark Angels"; this work was initially published exclusively inScandinavia but was later reprinted in a special issue of "Comics Revue " in the United States. Romero's 1970s work on the "Modesty Blaise" strip is continually reprinted in an ongoing series of compilation volumes published by the UK companyTitan Books since 2005, while "Comics Revue" has reprinted all of his post-1986 work on the strip.In most recent years, Romero has worked on "
Durham Red ", and other projects for the magazines "2000 AD" and "Judge Dredd Megazine ".ources
* [http://www.lfb.it/fff/fumetto/aut/r/romero.htm Romero dossier] FFF it_icon
* [http://bdoubliees.com/vaillantpif/auteurs5/romero.htm Romero publications in "Pif gadget"] , [http://bdoubliees.com/charliemensuel/auteurs5/romero.htm "Charlie Mensuel"] BDoubliées fr_icon;FootnotesExternal links
* [http://www.badiaromero.com/ Romero home page]
* [http://lambiek.net/artists/r/romero_eb.htm Romero biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia
* [http://www.dandare.info/artists/romero.htm Romero biography] on Dan Dare
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