Fernando Dagnino Guerra (born 24 July 1973), known professionally as Fernando Dagnino, is a Spanish

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artist, writer and

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born in

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, Spain.

Career

Dagnino's artistic career started out during his last years of university (master's degree in English Studies) and led him into three main fields: graphic design, illustration and comic books. He worked for

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's Imagineers in the design of an attraction permanently exhibited in Florida. He also combined work as an illustrator for juvenile literature while producing works as a freelancer for publicity agencies, magazines and producers. In 2008 Dagnino abandoned the advertising industry to start to work for

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exclusively. That same year he published his first children's book (''Kasandra y la Rebelión de los niños'') which will be part of a series in the future. Dagnino became the regular penciller of the comic ''

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'' with issue #692. He also did the art for the ''

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Prequel Special: Sinestro'' #1. As part of

' company-wide 2011 title relaunch,

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, Dagnino was made the artist on '' Resurrection Man''. He subsequently took over art duties on ''

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'', beginning with issue #9, replacing

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, who moved to ''Resurrection Man''.

Bibliography

Comics

DC

*''

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'' #886 (along with Pere Pérez) (2010) *''

Batman and the Outsiders The Outsiders are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. As their name suggests, the team consists of superheroes who do not fit the norms of the "mainstream" superhero community, i.e. the Justice League. The ...

'', vol. 4, 13 (2009) *'' Justice League: Generation Lost'' #3, 6, 9, 12, 19, 21, 23 (2010–11) *''

Legion of Super-Heroes The Legion of Super-Heroes is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino, the Legion is a group of superpowered beings living in the 30th and 31st centuries of t ...

'', vol. 5, #14 (2011) *'' Starman'', vol. 2, #81 *''

Supergirl Supergirl is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original, current, and most well known Supergirl is Supergirl (Kara Zor-El), Kara Zor-El, the cousin of superhero Superman. Th ...

'', vol. 4, #41, 48, Annual #1 (2009–10) *''

'', #692-693 (2009) *''

Teen Titans The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC ...

'', vol. 3, #64, 67, Annual #1 (2009) *''

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'', vol. 3, #41-43 (among other artists) (2010)

Other publishers

*''Tales of the Black Spain'' #1-3 (Factoría de Ideas)

Children Books

*''Kasandra y la Rebelión de los niños'' (Editorial Puerto Norte-Sur, 2008, )

References

External links

Dagnino ArtDagnino's works in DC comics official site

''Superman'' covers by DagninoKasandra and the children's rebellion
1973 births Living people Spanish comics artists Artists from Madrid 20th-century Spanish artists {{Europe-comics-creator-stub