- Juan Giménez
Juan Antonio Giménez López (born
November 16 ,1943 ) is an Argentine comic book artist.Biography
Giménez López was born in
Mendoza, Argentina . He finished his high school education as an industrial designer and later attended the Academy of Fine Arts inBarcelona (Spain ).His first stories, for Argentine editors such as Colomba and Record, were largely inspired by
Hugo Pratt (during the years he spent in Argentina) and Francisco Solano Lopez. Back to Spain, he worked for Spanish ("Zona 84", "Comix International") and Italian ("Lanciostory ", "Skorpio") magazines. His work of this period is mainly related to war and science-fiction genres.In the 1980s he collaborated with several
Europe an magazines, including the Spanish "1984", the French "Metal Hurlant " and the Italian "L'Eternauta", experimenting with graphical and narrative innovations. To this period dates what is ranked among his best series, the short science-fictions stories known under the title of "Time Paradox ". Also noteworthy are "The City", written byRicardo Barreiro and "Le Quatrième Pouvoir" - ("The Fourth Power "), which he wrote by himself.Giménez's style has become famous for the extreme attention he devotes to technical and historical details; his series "Pik As" has been defined as "a comic encyclopaedia of
World War II " [http://www.delos.fantascienza.com/delos29/nuvole.html] . Otherwise, his human figures are often standard and drawn without special characteristics.Giménez also collaborated with important authors such as
Carlos Trillo ,Emilio Balcarce ,Roberto Dal Prà , andChile anAlejandro Jodorowsky , with whom he authored the popularMetabarons saga started in 1992.External links
* [http://www.juangimenez.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.net-cafe.hu/fantasy.php?pg=1&ct=162 Gallery of images]
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