Félix Mas (born 1935) is a Spanish

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and

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Career

Félix Mas was born in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

, northern Spain. He studied art at Saint Jordi and joined the military, where he stayed until 1957. After leaving the military he joined the Spanish art agency Seleciones Illustrada and started working for various romance comics for companies like Fleetway and Valentine. He also drew the detective story Lt. Kane for T.V. Heroes. During the 1960s Mas worked in

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as an illustrator. He returned to comics in 1969 with D.C. Thomson's ''Romeo''. Mas was hired by American company

Warren Publishing Warren Publishing was an American magazine company founded by James Warren (publisher), James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for decades. Magazines published by Warren include ''After Hours (magazin ...

in 1972: he subsequently drew a total of 17 horror stories for their magazines ''

Creepy Creepiness is the state of being creepy, or causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease to someone and/or something. Certain traits or hobbies may make people seem creepy to others; interest in horror or the macabre might come across as 'c ...

''and ''

Vampirella Vampirella () is a vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of '' Creepy'' and ''E ...

''until January 1975. The story "The Vampiress Stalks the Castle at Night" from ''Vampirella'' #21 was included within a list of the top 25 Warren stories in the book ''The Warren Companion ''by David Roach. After leaving Warren, Mas moved to Venezuela and stopped his comic work, choosing instead to focus on painting. He would later move to Florida.

Selected bibliography

* ''Lt. Kane'' * ''Romeo'' * ''

'' (issues 43, 45, 46, 50–52) * ''

'' (issues 16, 18, 21–24, 34–36, 38, 39)

Sources

External links

Felix Mas biography
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