Vicente Alcazar
Spanish comics artist
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Portrait of Vicente Alcazar by Kevlar.
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Born |
Vicente Alcazar
( 1944-04-04 ) April 4, 1944 (age 79) Madrid, Spain |
Nationality | Spanish |
Area(s) | Penciller , Inker |
Pseudonym(s) |
Vincente Alcazar
CARVIC |
Notable works
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Jonah Hex |
Vicente Alcazar (born April 4, 1944) [1] [2] is a Spanish comics artist best known for his work for the American comic-book publishers DC Comics and Marvel Comics , including a 1970s run on the DC Western character Jonah Hex .
His name is sometimes mis-credited as "Vincente" Alcazar. [3]
Career
Born in Madrid, Spain , [2] Alcazar began his career in the 1960s. He collaborated with fellow artist Carlos Pino under the dual pseudonym CARVIC , drawing war stories for the magazine Chío (1967) and for UK publications and companies, including War Picture Library . [1] The team additionally drew stories based on the U.S. television series Star Trek for issues #74-105 of City Magazines ' 1969-1971 weekly British magazine TV21 . [4]
At the recommendation of artist Gray Morrow , then editing then Archie Comics ' imprint Red Circle Comics , American publishers began using Alcazar's work in the mid-1970s. [1] Alcazar's first credited U.S. work appears in four publications cover-dated December 1973: penciling and inking the six-page stories "Suicide ...Maybe" and "A Thousand Pounds of Clay" in the Archie/Red Circle comic book Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #4; penciling the two-page story "The Old School" in Warren Publishing 's black-and-white horror-comics magazine Creepy #58; and inking penciler Rich Buckler 's cover of Marvel Comics ' black-and-white horror-comics magazine Vault of Evil #8. [3] He had been recommended to Marvel by artist Neal Adams . [5]
Alcazar quickly became a regular freelancer for Archie, Marvel, Warren, and soon DC Comics and Charlton Comics , primarily drawing horror stories but also sword-and-sorcery (drawing the cover and inking penciler Val Mayerik 's "Thongor! Warrior of Lost Lemuria" feature in Marvel's Creatures on the Loose #27, Jan. 1974); war comics (DC's Star-Spangled War Stories #178 (Feb. 1974); and science fiction (the Larry Niven short story adaptation "...Not Long Before The End" in Marvel's black-and-white comics magazine Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #3, May 1975; and stories in Charlton's similar Space: 1999 #6-8, Aug.-Oct. 1976).
Writer Shaqui Le Vesconte said of Alcazar's Space: 1999 , "His style was very Gothic and experimental, using a variety of techniques that could be described as 'monochrome psychedelic', and matching the nightmarish feel of episodes like 'Missing Link', 'End Of Eternity' and 'Dragon's Domain'". [6]
After inking penciler Ernie Chan on DC's Jonah Hex #8 (Jan. 1978), he became that Western series' regular penciler and inker beginning with #12 (May 1978), working with writer Michael Fleisher . He continued through #22 (March 1979) and additionally drew #27 (Aug. 1979). [3]
Alcazar's comics work tapered off in the early 1980s. He wrote and drew the eight-page story "Paradise" in the comics-anthology magazine Heavy Metal vol. 5, #4 (July 1981), and penciled the Marvel superhero comic Moon Knight #21 (July 1982), his last known comics work until 1993, when he penciled an issue each of Continuity Comics ' Megalith #2 (June 1993) and Earth 4 #3 (Aug. 1993). [3] In 2011, he began penciling, inking, and digital coloring the Vices Press series M3 , [7] which won the 2012 award for Best Comic Book at the Burbank International Film Festival . [8] He did some work for Archie Comics' Afterlife with Archie in 2014, and the following year began drawing for the D. C. Thomson & Co. series Commando . [3]
As of mid-2007, he is married to documentary filmmaker Amanda Lucena. [9]
References
- 1 2 3 Vicente Alcazar at the Lambiek Comiclopedia . Archived from the original on November 25, 2009.
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"Vicente Alcázar"
(in Spanish). Arte Informado.
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Año de nacimiento (Year of birth): 1944, Lugar de nacimiento (place of birth): Madrid - España (Spain)
- 1 2 3 4 5 Vicente Alcazar and Vincente Alcazar at the Grand Comics Database
- ↑ Martinez, Mark. "Star Trek British Comic Strips" . Star Trek Comics Checklist. Archived from the original on August 23, 2011 . Retrieved June 28, 2011 .
- ↑ Bullpen Bulletins : "A Few Surprises — A Smattering of Surmises — and a Hint about Prizes", in Marvel Comics cover-dated May 1974, including Ka-Zar #3
- ↑ Le Vesconte, Shaqui. " Space: 1999 : Charlton (US) - 1975-76" . The Gerry Anderson Complete Comic History. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011 . Retrieved July 30, 2007 .
- ↑ Mula, Frank (February 26, 2015). "Interview with M3 Team Erica Schultz and Vicente Alcazar" . ComicCrusaders.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2015 . Retrieved October 18, 2015 .
- ↑ "2012 Award Winner" . Burbank International Film Festival . Archived from the original on June 1, 2014.
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Cancino, Javier (August 26, 2007).
"Vincent Alcazar in the U. de Talca"
(in Spanish). Inconciente Colectivo (Inconciente Collective).
Archived
from the original on March 30, 2010
. Retrieved
August 12,
2008
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...su esposa, Amanda Lucena, quién es documentalista / ...his wife, Amanda Lucena, is a documentary filmmaker
External links
- "Alcázar, Vicente, 1944- Spanish comics artist" . Michigan State University Libraries , Special Collections Division, Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection: "Alca" to "Alcyon". Archived from the original on January 24, 2011 . Retrieved August 23, 2011 .
- "Alcazar, Vicente" . The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators (link requires scrolldown) . Retrieved December 16, 2020 .
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