José Villarrubia

Infobox Comics creator

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birthname = José Antonio Villarrubia Jimenez Momediano
birthdate = birth date and age|1961|11|17
location = Madrid, Spain
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nationality = Spanish
area = Colorist, painter, photographer
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notable works = "The Mirror of Love"
"Voice of the Fire"
"Promethea"
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José Villarrubia (born November 17, 1961) is a Spanish artist who has done considerable work in the American comic book industry, particularly as a colorist.

Villarrubia was born in Madrid. His fine art photography has been exhibited in the U.S., Latin America and Europe, in institutions such as the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Inter-American Development Bank. He is a professor in the Illustration Department of the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has also taught at Towson University, the Baltimore School for the Arts and the Walters Art Museum. He has lectured extensively about art at Johns Hopkins University, the College Art Association, Dickinson College, the ICA in London, the Williem de Kooning Academy, the Naples Academy of Art, and the MacWorld UK Convention.

In comics, Villarrubia has done digitally manipulated illustrations for "Veils", "Promethea" and "The Sentry". As a colorist he is frequent collaborator of Jae Lee ("Hellshock", "Fantastic Four 1234", "Captain America"), Bill Sienkiewicz ("Sentry/Hulk", "X-Men Unlimited"), J.H. Williams III ("Promethea", "Desolation Jones"), Paul Pope ("Solo", "Project Superior", ""), Scott Hampton ("Batman: Gotham County Limits"), Kaare Andrews ("Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One", "Wolverine, ), Ryan Sook ('Spider-Man Unlimited", "X-Factor") and Richard Corben ("CAGE", "Ghost Rider", "Conan the Barbarian"). He is currently coloring Conan the Cimmerian and Kull for Dark Horse Comics. He has won the Comicdom Award for best colorist for his work on "X-Factor", has been nominated twice for the Eisner Award for best colorist and has been included in The Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition.

With writer Alan Moore, he has produced two illustrated books, both published by Top Shelf Productions: "Voice of the Fire" and "The Mirror of Love". "Mirror" is a love poem and a detailed history of homosexuality, prominently featuring famous figures in art and literature. It originally began as a part of the AARGH! Anthology in 1988. AARGH! [Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia] was a comic book protest against Britain's proposed anti-Gay Section 28.cite web |title=The Mirror of Love: Reflections with Jose Villarrubia
url=http://www.popimage.com/content/jose2005.html |work=PopImage |first=Ed |last=Mathews |coauthors=Jonathan Ellis |year=2005 |accessdate=2007-07-18] It was translated and published in French as "Le Miroir de l'amour" (November 2006) by Carabas Revolution and in Spanish as "El Espejo del Amor" by "Ediciones Jaguar" (June 2007). Villarrubia is openly gay.cite web |url=http://www.gayleague.com/forums/display.php?id=207 |title=Interviews: José Villarrubia |work=GayLeague.com |accessdate=2007-07-18]

Interviews

The DVD of the documentary feature film "The Mindscape of Alan Moore" contains an exclusive bonus interview with the Jose Villarubia, elaborately detailing the collaboration with "Alan Moore."

References

Interviews

* [http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080811-BigPictureJoseI.html Newsarama (part 1), August 2008]
* [http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080814-JoseVillarrubia.html Newsarama (part 2), August 2008]
* [http://www.visitmybaltimore.com Visit My Baltimore, December 2007]
* [http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=477 Broken Frontier (part 1), August 2006]
* [http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=482 Broken Frontier (part 2), August 2006]
* [http://www.themodernword.com/reviews/moore_villarrubia.html The Modern Word, August 2004]
* [http://www.comicbookbin.com/charlie27.html Comic Book Bin, April 2004]
* [http://www.gayleague.com/forums/display.php?id=207 Gay League, 2003]
* [http://www.slushfactory.com/content/EpVEpZukAVgzsSQSmL.php Slush Factory, March 2003]
* [http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=3334 Baltimore City Paper, June 2003]
* [http://www.newsarama.com/pages/Other_Publishers/Mirror_Love.htm Newsarama, 2003]
* [http://www.popimage.com/mar00/interviews/villarrubia.html PopImage, March 2000]