Luis Bermejo

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name = Luis Bermejo


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birthname = Luis Bermejo Royo
birthdate = 1931
location = Madrid, Spain
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nationality = Spanish
area = artist
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notable works = "Orka" "El Capitán Trueno" "El Señor de los Anillos"
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Luis Bermejo (born 1931 in Madrid, full name Luis Bermejo Royo, frequently credited as Bermejo), is a Spanish illustrator and comics artist known for his work published in Spain, Italy, Great Britain, and the United States. He has illustrated a number of novels, and worked for a while with DC Comics.

Biography

Bermejo initially learned the trade as the assistant of Manuel Gago,Cite web|last=Lambiek Comiclopedia|title= Luis Bermejo |url= http://lambiek.net/artists/b/bermejo_luis.htm] before he began his comic book artist career in Britain in the late 1950s when through the agency A.L.I., he worked in the titles "Girls Crystal" and "Tarzan Weekly". He worked on "Thriller Picture", "John Steel", "War", "Battle Picture Libraries", and "Pike Mason" in the early 1960s. In 1962 he started drawing the war-themed comic strip "Mann of Battle" for "The Eagle", and would draw the strip "Heros the Spartan" for that title in 1963. Later in the 1960s he would draw the super hero "Johnny Future". For much of the 1960s, Bermejo worked out of a studio in Valencia, Spain for the agency Bardon Arts with other artists including Jose Ortiz, Miguel Quesada, and Emilio Frego. These artists including Bermejo started working with Italian agent Pierro D'Ami in 1968, where they would do many paintings for books and magazines. During this period Bermejo would do a number of comic strips for the magazines "Tell Me Why", "Once Upon a Time", "Look and Learn" and "Tiny Tots".

In 1974 Bermejo, along with fellow Valencia Studio artists José Ortiz and Leopoldo Sanchez joined the agency Selecciones Illustrada and soon started working for Warren Publishing in U.S.A. Bermejo quickly became one of the most prolific artists for Warren, and would draw a total of 78 stories from 1974 through 1983, more than any other artist except for José Ortiz and Esteban Maroto. Highlights of Bermejo's period with Warren included a full issue of "Creepy" (issue 71) dedicated to him, as well as the role of the primary artist for "The Rook", which was Warren's most well known recurring character after "Vampirella". Bermejo would also draw the serial "The Fox" in "Vampirella" in 1981 - 1982. He would win the award for Best All Around Artist at Warren in 1981.

Bermejo would write and draw an adaption of "El Señor de los Anillos" ("The Lord of the Rings") in Spain in 1980. After Warren's collapse, he would draw for "Skorpio" and "Lancio" in Italy, as well as "Relatos Nuevo Mundo", "Metropol" and "Zona 84" in Spain. He also created comics adaptations from the works of Isaac Asimov and Raymond Chandler.

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* David A. Roach and Jon B. Cooke, "The Warren Companion";Footnotes

External links

* [http://lambiek.net/artists/b/bermejo_luis.htm Luis Bermejo biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia
* [http://www.dandare.info/artists/bermejo.htm Luis Bermejo biography] on Dan Dare
* [http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/miscellanea/comics/description.htm Luis Bermejo's "Lord of the Rings" comic adaptation] The Tolkien Library