Nestor Redondo

Nestor Redondo
Born	April 5, 1928(1928-04-05) Candon, Ilocos Sur, The Philippines
Died	September 30, 1995(1995-09-30) (aged 67)
Nationality	Filipino
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker, Publisher, Animation Designer
Notable works	Tarzan, Swamp Thing, Rima, Conan, DC's tabloid-size Bible
Awards	Inkpot Award, 1979

Nestor Redondo (April 5, 1928^[1] – September 30, 1995)^[2][3] was a comic-book artist best known for his work for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and other American publishers in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Biography

Early life and career

Redondo was born April 5, 1928^[1] in Candon, Ilocos Sur, The Philippines.^[2][3]

Redondo began his career drawing Filipino komiks serials, which were written by his brother Virgilio, including Mars Ravelo's Darna series. (Nestor had another brother, Frank, a.k.a. "Quico," who drew comics for DC in the 1970s and '80s.)^[4] In 1969 and 1970 Redondo did a four-page serial Mga Kasaysayang Buhat sa Bibliya (Tales from the Bible) in each issue of Superyor Komiks Magasin, which was produced by his own company, Nestor Redondo Publications. This company launched a program of on-the-job training for young writers and artists.^[2][3]

In the 1970s, Redondo began to do work for publishers in the United States. His earliest U.S. credit is penciling and inking the seven-page story "The King Is Dead", by writer Jack Oleck, in DC Comics' House of Mystery #194 (Sept. 1971). Through the 1970s, Redondo drew dozens of such supernatural anthology stories for DC titles including House of Secrets, The Phantom Stranger, Secrets of Sinister House, The Unexpected, Weird War Tales, and The Witching Hour. He went on to draw all seven issues of Rima the Jungle Girl (May 1974 - May 1975), based on the heroine of a Victorian novel, as well as Swamp Thing #11-23 (Aug. 1974 - July 1976), issues of Tarzan and Lois Lane, and DC's tabloid-sized one-shot collection of Bible stories, cover-titled The Bible but officially titled Limited Collectors' Edition #C-36 (July 1975).

Panel, DC Comics' Rima the Jungle Girl #6 (March 1975). Art by Redondo.

Redondo also drew for editor Vincent Fago's 1973 Pendulum Press Illustrated Classics, including Dracula and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde adaptations reprinted by Marvel Comics three years later as Marvel Classics Comics.

Later life and career

In the mid-1980s, Redondo inked the Eclipse Comics time-travel series Aztec Ace, by writer Doug Moench and pencilers Michael Hernandez and Dan Day. In 1990, he contributed to two issues of the Marvel Comics superhero series Solarman as well as to an issue of Innovation Comics' Newstralia.

More regularly, however, Redondo has contributed to various Christian comics, including Marx, Lenin, Mao and Christ, published in 1977 by Open Doors (and reprinted in 2010 by Calvary Comics), Ben-Hur published in 1978 by Pendulum Press, Aida-Zee, Behold 3-D, and Christian Comics & Games #0 and #1 produced in the 1990s by the Nate Butler Studio, and Born Again Comics #2 featuring a story about Filipino actor-turned-evangelist Fred Galang. He was also a panelist for the first Christian comics panel discussion of Comic-Con International, in 1992.^[5]

At the end of his life and career Redondo worked as an animation designer for the Marvel Studios in Los Angeles.^{[citation needed]}

In preparation for the 1st International Christian Comics Training Conference in Tagaytay, the Philippines, in January 1996, Redondo wrote On Realistic Illustration for his main teaching session but died before he was able to deliver it personally.^[5]

Awards

In 1979, Redondo received the Inkpot Award at the San Diego Comic Convention.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Comics Buyer's Guide #1485; May 3, 2002; Page 29
2. ^ ^{a b c} The Lambiek Comiclopedia: Nestor Redondo
3. ^ ^{a b c} Redondo at Philippine Comics Art Museum
4. ^ Frank Redondo entry, Comic Book Resources. Accessed Aug. 30, 2011.
5. ^ ^{a b} Nestor Redondo - Christian Comics Pioneer

References

• Nestor Redondo at the Grand Comics Database
• Nestor Redondo at the Comic Book DB

External links

• Official website
• Graphic Classics - Redondo

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Name	Redondo, Nestor
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Date of birth	April 5, 1928
Place of birth	Candon, Ilocos Sur, The Philippines
Date of death	September 30, 1995
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