Javier Rodríguez (artist)

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Javier Rodríguez
BornJavier Rodríguez
1972 (age 48–49)
Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Area(s)Penciller, Inker, Colourist
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Javier Rodríguez is a Spanish comic book artist working primarily as a colorist for the American market. Among his most notable works are Batgirl: Year One, Daredevil and The Amazing Spider-Man.

Career[]

While studying at the University of Fine Arts in Oviedo, Rodríguez and a group of friends (one of whom was of , X-Men and Superman fame) started a comics fanzine called Froilán.[1] In 1996, he pencils Anselmo Ensombras, a comic about the history of Spanish cinema for the 34th Gijón International Film Festival,[2] and self-publishes the first issue of , a futuristic four-issue miniseries about a group of friends with heavy social criticism on such issues as unemployment and economic independence of young people (the tagline of the comic was "in the XXI century, unemployment is still a problem..."). Only three issues were published, leaving the story unfinished, which still was enough to attract attention to the young cartoonist from the critics and the audience.[1] In 1998, the Madrid publisher relaunched Love Gun with a new #1 and a new story. helped Rodríguez with scripting and inking for the second volume. Although the title suffered from erratic publication and stopped production after four issues, leaving the story unfinished again, the series gained enough attention for the publisher to release some merchandise (posters, T-shirts, postcards), something absolutely unheard of in the independent Spanish comic book market.[1] In 1999, Rodríguez was nominated for the "Best Newcomer" at the (Barcelona Comic Fair).

Rodríguez began his professional career contributing to the cult underground Spanish comics magazine El Víbora.[1] Besides several short stories and cover illustrations, he created series Paraíso, Punk Rock Bar (later compiled in a single volume by in Italy), Tenebro and Comprobando la Realidad, scripted by Mauro Entrialgo. Rodriguez continued to appear in the pages of El Víbora until 2002.[3]

At the same time Rodríguez does some custom short comics like Blue Joven (for BBVA) and Los Potaje (for the municipality of Gijón), included in a campaign to prevent alcohol abuse aimed at schools, as well as various illustrations for music bands like Manta Ray, and Felpeyu. He also worked on film production and advertisements for companies such as , Canal Plus and Mediapro, and played in a band called .[1]

In late 2002 he publishes his first full color graphic novel through Glénat. 2003 marks his debut on the American market, not as a penciller but as the colorist; he debuts on the limited series Batgirl: Year One by DC Comics (drawn by Marcos Martín and inked by , both also of Spanish origin). Since then he colored a lot of covers and interior for both DC and Marvel, occasionally pencilling for various Daredevil and Spider-Man-related publications.[4][5]

Rodríguez contributed to every issue of the children's magazine Mister K with his series Crononautas, and co-created with for Les Humanoïdes Associés, originally serialized in and later compiled in manga-style volumes.[6]

Bibliography[]

Rodríguez colors and inks over his own pencils, unless noted otherwise:

  • (with , and , one-shot, , 1996)
  • (script and art):
    • Volume 1 #1-3 (of 4) (Cactus Comics, 1996–1997)
    • Volume 2 #1-4 (with Ígor Medio, , 1998–1999)
  • El Víbora (anthology, ):
    • Paraíso, Punk Rock Bar (script and art, in #215-233/4, 1997–1999)
    • Tenebro (script and art, in #236-247, 1999–2000)
    • Comprobando la Realidad (with Mauro Entrialgo, in #248-257/8 and 260-264, 2000–2002)
  • (script and art, graphic novel, Glénat, 2002)
  • (with David Muñoz and Antonio Trashorras, graphic novel, Glénat, 2003)
  • Mister K #1-55: "Crononautas (Chrononauts)" (script and art, anthology, El Jueves, 2004–2006)
  • : "Lolita HR" (with , anthology, Les Humanoïdes Associés, 2007–2011)
  • Web of Spider-Man vol. 2 (anthology, Marvel):
    • "The Irritable J. Jonah Jameson" (with Tom Peyer, in #2, 2010)
    • "The Extremist" (with Fred Van Lente, 2010):
      • "Part 1" (with colors by , in #8)
      • "Part 2" (with , Pat Olliffe and colors by , in #9)
  • The Black Cat vol. 2 #2-3 (with Jen Van Meter, Javier Pulido and colors by Matt Hollingsworth, Marvel, 2010)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel):
    • "Magnetic Man: The Choice" (with Frank Tieri, co-feature, in #662, 2011)
    • "Three O'Clock High!" (with Clay McLeod Chapman, co-feature, in #700.4, 2014)
    • "Recapturing That Old Spark" (with Dan Slott and Christos Gage, co-feature, in vol. 3 #1, 2014)
    • "What to Expect" (with Dennis Hopeless and inks by , co-feature, in vol. 4 #1, 2015)
  • Daredevil vol. 3 #28-29 and 34, vol. 4 #1.50 and 6-7 (with Mark Waid, Marvel, 2013–2014)
  • Superior Spider-Man (Marvel):
    • "Hostage Crisis" (with Christos Gage, in Annual #1, 2014)
    • "Goblin Nation: Prelude" (with Dan Slott, Humberto Ramos and Marcos Martín, in #26, 2014)
    • "Goblin Nation: Blood Ties" (with Christos Gage, in Annual #2, 2014)
  • AXIS: Hobgoblin #1-3 (with Kevin Shinick and inks by Álvaro López, Marvel, 2014–2015)
  • Spider-Woman (with Dennis Hopeless and inks by Álvaro López, Marvel):
    • Volume 5 #5-9 (with colors by Muntsa Vicente in #7-8, 2015)
    • Volume 6 #1-5 and 8-9 (with colors by in #3-5, 2016)
  • Spider-Gwen vol. 2 Annual #1: "8 Days a Week — Friday" (with Jason Latour and inks by Álvaro López, co-feature, Marvel, 2016)
  • Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #1-4, 6-9 (with , inks by Álvaro López and colors by Jordie Bellaire, Marvel, 2016–2017)
  • Royals #8-12: "'Judgment Day" (with Al Ewing and , inks by Álvaro López and colors by Jordie Bellaire, Marvel, 2017–2018)
  • Exiles vol. 3 (with Saladin Ahmed and inks by Álvaro López, Marvel):
    • "Test of Time" (in #1-5, with colors by Jordie Bellaire (#1) and (#2-4), 2018)
    • "Trial of the Exiles" (in #9-12, with colors by Muntsa Vicente, 2018–2019)
  • #1-6 (with Mark Waid and inks by Álvaro López, Marvel, 2019–2020)
  • Marvel Comics #1000: "Professor Cold Call" (with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and inks by Álvaro López, anthology, Marvel, 2019)

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Colors only[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Javier Rodríguez". Guía del cómic (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  2. ^ "ANSELMO ENSOMBRAS : Una historia del cine español. 44pás. 225 pts."
  3. ^ "EL VIBORA CHECKLIST". frog2000.blogspot.com.
  4. ^ Beard, Jim (2013-04-25). "Thursday Q&A: Javier Rodriguez". Marvel.com. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  5. ^ Mithra, Kuljit (October 2013). "Interview With Javier Rodriguez". manwithoutfear.com.
  6. ^ "Lolita HR". bedetheque.
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