Alex Niño (born May 1, 1940) is a

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best known for his work for the American publishers

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, and

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, and in '' Heavy Metal'' magazine.

Biography

Early life and career

Alex Niño was born May 1, 1940, in

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, the

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, the son of a professional photographer. Niño studied medicine briefly at the

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before leaving in 1959 to pursue his childhood goal of becoming a comics artist. In 1965, after studying under artist

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, Niño collaborated with Clodualdo del Mundo Sr. to create the feature "Kilabot Ng Persia" ("The Terror of Persia") for '' Pilipino Komiks''. Niño and Marcelo B. Isidro later created the feature "Dinoceras" for '' Redondo Komiks''. Other Valry Philippine work includes the series ''Gruaga - The Fifth Corner of the World'' for '' Pioneer Komiks''; the feature "Mga Matang Nagliliyab" ("The Eyes that Glow in the Dark") with Isidro for '' Alcala Komiks''; and for PSG Publications, stories of ''Bruhilda Witch'', which were adapted into movies.

DC Comics

Niño was among the vanguard of Philippine comics artists — including

Alfredo Alcala Alfredo P. Alcala (August 23, 1925 – April 4, 2000) was a Filipino comics artist, born in Talisay, Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Alcala was an established illustrator whose works appeared in the ''Alcala Komix Magazine''. His 1963 c ...

Nestor Redondo Nestor P. Redondo (May 4, 1928 – December 30, 1995)Nestor P. Redondo
at the

, and

Gerry Talaoc Gerry Talaoc is a Filipino comics artist best known for his 1970s work for DC Comics' war and horror anthology titles. Biography Gerry Talaoc was among the vanguard of Filipino comics artists — including Alfredo Alcala, Nestor Redondo, S ...

— recruited for American comic books by

editor

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and publisher

Carmine Infantino Carmine Michael Infantino (; May 24, 1925 – April 4, 2013) was an American comics artist and editor, primarily for DC Comics, during the late 1950s and early 1960s period known as the Silver Age of Comic Books. Among his character creations are ...

in 1971, following the success of the pioneering

Tony DeZuniga Antony de Zuñiga (November 8, 1932 – May 11, 2012) who worked primarily under the name Tony DeZuniga, was a Filipino comics artist and illustrator best known for his works for DC Comics. He co-created the fictional characters Jonah Hex and Bl ...

. Niño's earliest U.S. comics credit is penciling and

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the nine-page story "To Die for Magda" in DC Comics' ''

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'' #204 (July 1972) written by Carl Wessler. Niño was soon contributing regularly to such other DC supernatural anthologies as companion title '' House of Secrets'' and ''

Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion ''Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion'' was a horror-suspense- romance anthology comic book series published by DC Comics from 1971 to 1974, a companion to ''Secrets of Sinister House''. Both series were originally inspired by the successful ABC soap ...

'', ''

Secrets of Sinister House ''Secrets of Sinister House'' was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by DC Comics from 1972–1974, a companion to ''Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion''. Both series were originally inspired by the successful ABC soap op ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' The Witching Hour''. He also drew the jungle-adventure feature " Korak" in some issues of DC's ''

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''. Except for one story for

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' '' Mystery Comics Digest'' #17 (May 1974), Niño, who moved to the U.S. in 1974, drew comics exclusively for DC through the beginning of 1975. With writer-editor

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, Niño created DC's 19th-century Caribbean-pirate protagonist Captain Fear in ''

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'' #425 (Dec. 1972). Niño and writer

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created the science-fiction feature "Space Voyagers" in ''

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'' #1 (May 1974). In 1973–1974, Niño worked for

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, illustrating comic book adaptations of the classic literary works ''

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,'' ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 1976, several of these stories were reprinted, with added color, by

in their ''

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'' line.

Marvel Comics

After drawing some house ads and a frontispiece for two of Marvel Comics' black-and-white comics magazines, Niño teamed with writer-editor

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on a 17-page adaptation of the

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short story " 'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" in the black-and-white ''

Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction ''Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction'' was a 1970s American black-and-white, science fiction comics magazine published by Marvel Comics' parent company, Magazine Management. The anthology title featured original stories and literary adaptations ...

'' #3 (May 1975). This led to a 30-page

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tale, "People of the Dark" in ''The

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'' #6 (June 1975), also with Thomas, and a 23-page adaptation of the

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novel '' Behold the Man'', with writer

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in ''Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction'' #6 (Nov. 1975). Niño signed a contract with

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to work on the film '' Wizards'', and was granted a work

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, but was unable to gain permission from the Philippine government in order to leave for the United States until two months afterward. By the time he had arrived in the U.S., not only had the film's animation been completed, but Niño's visa did not allow him to submit freelance work on any other projects. Niño did little else for Marvel's color comics,

two issues of the

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series ''

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'' and a "

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" story in ''

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'' #38 (Sept. 1977).

Warren and ''Heavy Metal''

Niño instead found his niche in the mature-audience

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and

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fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama ...

fare of

's black-and-white comics magazines ''

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'', ''

Eerie ''Eerie'' was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Like '' Mad'', it was a black-and-white magazine intended for newsstand distribution and did not submit its stories to the comic book industry's voluntar ...

'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', and HM Communications' pioneering '' Heavy Metal'', a color comics magazine that blended imported European art-comics with new American work. From 1977 through 1984, Niño drew numerous stories, covers, and incidental art for those publishers, mixed with very occasional stories for

' supernatural-anthology titles, and some minor work for the short-lived

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'' and '' Shield - Steel Sterling''.

Later life and career

In 1984, he replaced

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as artist on DC's ''

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'' series. Niño's mid-1980s work for DC included a rare foray into superhero titles including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Fury of Firestorm'', ''

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of America'', and ''The

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''. He and writer

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created the "Space Clusters" for ''

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'' #7 (1986). Later 1980s work includes issues of New Comics Group's ''Asylum'', ''World of Young Master Special'', and ''Demon Blade'', and

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' ''

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''. Niño both wrote and drew a single-issue occult adventure, ''Alex Niño Nightmare'' #1 (Dec. 1989), for

Innovation Comics Innovation Publishing (also known as Innovation Books and the Innovative Corporation) was an American comic book company based in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was co-founded by David Campiti in 1988 after writing a business proposal and raising ...

. Essentially leaving comics for four years, Niño returned to do minor work for

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' ''

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'',

Continuity Comics Continuity Publishing, also known as Continuity Comics, was an American independent comic book company formed by Neal Adams in 1984, publishing comics until 1994. History After years as a freelancer and comics art packager (with his company Co ...

' ''Shaman'' and

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's ''

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' Mullkon Empire'' #4, and to re-team with writer

for the 37-page

story "Lions of Corinthia" in ''The Savage Sword of Conan'' #228 (Dec. 1994). Leaving comics again the following year, Niño returned in 1999 to write and draw a story each in Quantum Cat Entertainment's ''

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Fantasy Illustrated'' #7-8 (July & Sept. 1999). After another hiatus from comics, during which time he worked on designs for the

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animated feature '' Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' (2001), Niño returned to draw Bliss on Tap Publishing's four-issue series ''God the Dyslexic Dog'' (July 2004). In 2008, Niño drew the three-issue miniseries '' Dead Ahead'', by writers

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and

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for

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. Niño collaborated with writer

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on a story for ''

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'' vol. 2 #2 (Dec. 2013). Though now officially retired, Niño continues to produce artwork for commissions, attend fan conventions and teaches art classes every year back in the Philippines. In 2015, he self-published a collection of artwork, ''Art Quest of Alex Niño'' available from his website.

Awards

Niño received an

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in 1976.

Legacy

Comics artist

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was influenced by Niño, saying, "I was exposed to Alex Niño's super-stylized artwork and that had a major influence on me. The design sense and the limitless imagination of Alex Niño really got me inspired to let my creative side imagine new worlds and characters.

Bibliography

Book cover / interior illustrations

* ''

'' (Pendulum Press, 1973) *''

'' (Pendulum Press / Now Age Illustrated, 1973) , (re-issued by Educational Insights, 1998) , * ''

'' (Pendulum Press, 1974) * ''

'' (Pendulum Press, 1974) *''Weird Heroes: Vol. 1'' (Berkley Publishing Group, 1975) *''Weird Heroes: Vol. 3: Quest of the Gypsy'' (Pyramid Books, 1976) *"The Weird Tales Story" -Chapter Heading Designs (Wildside Press, 1977) *''Satan's Tears: The Art of Alex Niño'' (The Land of Enchantment, 1977) *''Rebel Spy ( Be an Interplanetary Spy) '' (Bantam Books, 1984) , *''The Vulgmaster (Tales of the One-Eyed Crow)'' (Roc, 1991) , *''

Graphic Classics ''Graphic Classics'' is a comic book anthology series published by Eureka Productions of Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. ''Graphic Classics'' features adaptations of literary classics by authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle, H. P. Lovecraft, and Edgar All ...

'' volume 3: ''

H. G. Wells Herbert George Wells"Wells, H. G."
Revised 18 May 2015. ''

'' Sketchbook Alex Niño''
(full book) at Issuu.com, June 14, 2009 * "Art Quest of Alex Niño" (self published, 2015)

Comic books

Archie Comics

* ''

Blue Ribbon Comics ''Blue Ribbon Comics'' is the name of two American comic book anthology series, the first published by the Archie Comics predecessor MLJ Magazines Inc., commonly known as MLJ Comics, from 1939 to 1942, during the Golden Age of Comic Books. The re ...

'' #2 (1983) * ''

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'' #1–2 (1983) * '' Shield - Steel Sterling'' #3 (1983)

Big Entertainment

* ''John Jakes' Mullkon Empire'' #4–5 (1995)

Bliss On Tap Publishing

* "Monster Candy" (2015) *''The Legion of Molly Doves'' # 1 (2013) * ''Andie and the Alien'' #1 (2011) * ''God the Dyslexic Dog'' #1–4 (2004–2005) * "God the Dyslexic Dog" Graphic Novel with 24 pages of extra artwork (2006)

Continuity Comics

* ''Shaman'' #0 (1994)

Dark Horse Comics

* ''Dark Horse Comics'' #15–16 (1993)

DC Comics

* ''

'' #568 (1985) * ''

'' #425–427, 429, 432–433 ( Captain Fear) (1972–1974) * ''

'' #9 (1985) * ''

'' vol. 2 #2 (2013) * ''

'' #7 ("Space Clusters") (1986) * ''

DC Special Series ''DC Special Series'' was an umbrella title for one-shots and special issues published by DC Comics between 1977 and 1981. Each issue featured a different character and was often in a different format than the issue before it. ''DC Special Serie ...

'' #4, 7 (1977) * ''

'' #8, 12, 15 (1972–1974) * '' Fury of Firestorm'' #31, 37 (1985) * '' Ghosts'' #35, 37, 57 (1975–1977) * ''

'' #204, 212–213, 220, 224–225, 245, 250, 252–256, 283 (1972–1980) * '' House of Secrets'' #101, 103, 106, 109, 115, 117, 126, 128, 131, 147, 153 (1972–1978) * ''

of America'' #228 (1984) * ''

'' #16, 21, ''Annual'' #1 (1984) * ''

'' #1–5 ("Space Voyagers" backup feature) (1974–1975) * ''

Secrets of Haunted House ''Secrets of Haunted House'' was a horror-suspense comics anthology series published by American company DC Comics from 1975 to 1978 and 1979 to 1982. Publication history The series began in April–May 1975. Like its predecessor ''Secrets of Si ...

'' #1, 13, 19 (1975–1979) * ''

'' #8, 11–13 (1972–1973) * ''

Tales of Ghost Castle ''Tales of Ghost Castle'' was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by DC Comics in 1975. ''Tales of Ghost Castle'' was "hosted" by Lucien, who later became an important supporting character in Neil Gaiman's ''The Sandman''. Mu ...

'' #2 (1975) * ''

'' #231–234 (

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backup feature) (1974–1975) * ''

'' #9–12 (1984) * '' The Unexpected'' #152, 159, 162 (1973–1975) * ''

'' #5–6, 9, 13, 16, 21 (1973–1975) * ''

'' #9, 11, 13, 16, 23–25, 31, 36, 55, 61, 69–70 (1972–1978) * '' The Witching Hour'' #31, 40, 45, 47 (1973–1974)

Fantagor Press

* ''

'' #9–10 (1989)

HM Communications, Inc.

* '' Heavy Metal'' #v1#11, #v2#1–4, #v2#8, #v2#11, #v4#9, #v7#10 (1978–1984)

Image Comics

* ''Dead Ahead'' #1–3 (2008–2010) * ''Dead Ahead'' Graphic Novel, collects #1–3 (2012 Acme Ink)

Innovation Publishing

* ''Alex Niño’s Nightmare'' #1 (1989)

Marvel Comics

* ''

Captain America Captain America is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in '' Captain America Comics'' #1 ( cover dated March 1941) from T ...

: Red, White & Blue'' #1 (one page) (2002) * ''

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'' vol. 3 #94 (2006) * ''

John Carter, Warlord of Mars ''John Carter, Warlord of Mars'' is a comics series published from 1977 by American company Marvel Comics. Created by Marv Wolfman (writer) and Gil Kane (penciller), it was based on the Barsoom series of Edgar Rice Burroughs and featured the epon ...

'' #3 (one page) (1977) * ''

'' #2 (''

''); #8 (''

''); #12 (''

'') (1976) * ''

'' #38 (

) (1977) * ''

Marvel Preview ''Marvel Preview'' is a black-and-white comics magazine published by Magazine Management for fourteen issues and the affiliated Marvel Comics Group for ten issues. The final issue additionally carried the imprint Marvel Magazines Group. Publica ...

'' #1 ("Man-Gods from Beyond the Stars") (1975) * ''

'' #42–43 (1977) * ''

The Rampaging Hulk ''The Rampaging Hulk'' is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The first volume was a black and white magazine published by Curtis Magazines (an imprint of Marvel) from 1977–1978. With issue #10, it changed its format to color and its ...

'' #4 (1977) * ''

'' #6, 228 (1975–1994) * ''

'' #3, 6, ''Annual'' #1 (1975–1976)

Simon & Schuster

* ''Heavy Metal Presents

Theodore Sturgeon Theodore Sturgeon (; born Edward Hamilton Waldo, February 26, 1918 – May 8, 1985) was an American fiction author of primarily fantasy, science fiction and horror, as well as a critic. He wrote approximately 400 reviews and more than 120 sho ...

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'' GN (1978)

Warren Publishing

* ''

'' #1–10 (1978–1979) * ''1994'' #11–26, 28 (1980–1982) * ''

'' #89, 93–94, 96–97, 100–101, 104–105, 108, 112, 116, 119, 125, 143 (1977–1982) * ''

'' #87, 90, 92–93, 95 (1977–1978) * ''The Goblin'' #3 (1982) * '' The Rook Magazine'' #1 (1979) * ''

'' #59, 61, 67, 76, 85 (1977–1980) * ''Warren Presents'' #3 Alien Invasion Comix (1979) * ''Warren Presents: Future World Comix'' #1 (1978)

Western Publishing

* '' Mystery Comics Digest'' #17 (1974) * ''

The Twilight Zone ''The Twilight Zone'' is an American media franchise based on the anthology series, anthology television program, television series created by Rod Serling. The episodes are in various genres, including fantasy, science fiction, absurdism, dysto ...

'' #65 (1975)

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Alex Niño
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at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nino, Alex 1940 births 20th-century Filipino artists 21st-century Filipino artists DC Comics people Filipino comics artists Filipino illustrators Inkpot Award winners Living people Marvel Comics people People from Tarlac Silver Age comics creators University of Manila alumni