- Esteban Maroto
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birthdate = 1942
location =Madrid ,Spain
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nationality = Spanish
area = Penciller, Inker
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awards =Esteban Maroto (born 1942) is a Spanish comic book
artist .Career
Born in
Madrid , he began his career in the 1960s with series like "Cinco por infinito", published in English byContinuity Comics as "Zero Patrol" (heavily retouched by editorNeal Adams ). In the 1970s he started to be known in his own country whenTrinca magazine published "Alma de Dragón". He designed the "metal bikini" for the characterRed Sonja , in "Savage Tales " #3, "Comixscene" #5, and in the first issue of "The Savage Sword ofConan " and pencilled her first solo story, which was inked by "Neal Adams " and "Ernie Chan ". He also redesigned Satana forMarvel Comics and drew her second solo story inVampire Tales issue 3. In issue 4 of the same series he drew an outstading adaptation of the short story "The Drifting Snow" byAugust Derleth .He also contributed black and white illustrations for the Roger Zelazny book "Changeling" and the Larry Niven book "The Magic Goes Away".
He later worked on the series Amethyst, "
Zatanna ", "The Atlantis Chronicles ", "The Savage Sword ofConan ", "Cadillacs and Dinosaurs ", "Vlad the Impaler " and "X-Men Unlimited "Warren Publishing
Maroto joined Warren Publishing in November 1971 when artists from the Spanish agency Selleciones Illustrada started appearing in the their three horror magazines,
Creepy ,Eerie , andVampirella . Maroto's first story, "Wolfhunt" appeared in Vampirella #14. Maroto quickly became one of the most well known and critically acclaimed Spanish artists at Warren. He would eventually draw 101 stories for them, more than any other artist except Jose Ortiz. Maroto won the Warren Award for best artist/writer in 1972, and his story "A Scream in the Forest" won best art in a story in 1973. Maroto remained with Warren until its folding in 1983.Two series of Maroto's were reprinted in "Eerie" and "Vampirella". "Manly", which was renamed "Dax the Warrior" was reprinted in issues 39-41, 43-50 and 52 of Eerie. All of issue 59 was dedicated to Dax, which reprinted again the majority of these stories. His series "Tomb of the Gods" was reprinted in Vampirella issues 17 through 22.
External links
* [http://www.lambiek.net/maroto_esteban.htm Examples of Maroto's work, including Red Sonja]
* [http://praecox.net/snoop/de/storytellers/216,340,M,0/Esteban_Maroto Incomplete bliography (in French)]
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