Antonio Segura (June 13, 1947 – January 31, 2012) was a Spanish

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Biography

Antonio Segura's earliest work appeared in the early 1980s after meeting the experienced artists José Ortiz, Luis Bermejo and

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who were looking for a scriptwriter untainted by the industry. Taking this opportunity, he wrote a series for each of them '' Hombre'', ''Orka'' and '' Bogey'', respectively. With some effort, these became published, and joined in the wave of emerging Spanish adult comics that bloomed in the post-

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era. ''Hombre'' began a successful run in the magazine ''Cimoc'', and Segura started collaborating with

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, creating the amazone fantasy series '' Sarvan'', also appearing in ''Cimoc''. In 1983, Segura and a collective of artists including Bernet, Ortiz, Sánchez and

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, made an attempt to establish a monthly comics periodical, on the premise of artists' freedom. It was named ''Metropol'' and bore the tag ''"Papeles falaces urbanos y criminales"'' (''Deceptive, Urban and Criminal Characters/Pages''). Several of Segura's series were featured, among them ''Morgan'' with Ortiz, and ''

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'' with Bernet. The latter was staged in a

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city, also named ''Metropol'', above the sewers where the series' monster, the ''Kraken'', dwelled. The magazine was published for a total of 12 issues. Later, Segura continued his prolific partnership with José Ortiz, resulting in a large body of work, including ''Las Mil Caras de Jack el Destripador'' (''The Thousand Faces of Jack the Ripper''), and the humorous sci-fi series ''Burton & Cyb''. In the early 1990s, he started the series '' Eva Medusa'' with

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, a work which won two Haxtur Awards. In the most recent years, Segura has worked for the

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market, creating two episodes of ''

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'' and new stories for the character ''

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''.

Awards

* 1993: Haxtur Award, Best Long Comic Strip, for ''Eva Medusa'' * 1993: Haxtur Award, Best Script, for ''Eva Medusa''

Notes

References

Segura publications in ''Métal Hurlant''
BDoubliées

Bedetheque

External links

on TexBR

(Telling Stories) article by Segura

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