Happy Birthday José Luis García-López! The work of this Spanish artist spans issues of Detective Comics in 1975. He provided art on the Hercules Unbound limited series before launching the Jonah Hex solo title with Michael Fleisher. García-López also launched DC Comics Presents teaming up Superman with many characters in the DCU. He pencilled the tabloid sized Superman vs. Wonder Woman and Batman and the Hulk. In 1982, the DC style guide featured García-López’s artwork putting a stamp on DC characters. García-López worked on the Atari Force series with Gerry Conway that took the premise started in mini-comics to incredible visuals for this sci fi world based on the video games. One of the most interesting and mature title was another collaboration with Conway with the Cinder and Ashe limited series. This comic is about private investigators with ties to the Vietnam War now in New Orleans. Still, one of my favorites for its bold artwork and writing.
In the 90’s, García-López worked on a few Batman titles, Legends of the Dark Knight, Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation, as well as a few Superman issues, Superman: Kal and Superman, Inc. He also provided artwork for the Twilight limited series with writer Howard Chaykin which gave a mature update to DC’s space heroes. One of his most impressive recent issues was Doctor Strangefate combining DC and Marvel characters. García-López also worked on two graphic novels On The Road to Perdition featuring Max Allan Collins’ hard-edged noir series. He worked on JLA Classified with Gail Simone. In 2015, García-López illustrated Batman `66: The Lost Episode based on novelist Harlan Ellison’s unproduced script for the Batman television program with Len Wein adapting it. This artist has a fresh, unmistakable style that is dynamic and powerful. He can span across genres from superheroes to science fiction to detectives set in the real world. Happy Birthday José Luis García-López!
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