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Jesús Blasco (3 November 1919 – 21 October 1995) was a Spanish author and artist of
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, whose career covered most of the conventional history of comic strips. He worked extensively in British comics in the 1960s and 1970s.


Career

Blasco debuted in 1935 in the Spanish magazine ''Mickey'', at the age of fifteen. For the magazine ''Boliche'', however, he created the series and character named '' Cuto'' (translation: ''Cutter''). Originally a strip in the vein of
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's Skippy, the character became a globe trotting and time-travelling boy adventurer, casually handling firearms and hot wiring sportscars, and romancing adult women. Blasco's art veered from cute animal cartoons to the shadowplay realism of
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and
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. He created strips for various audiences, including '' Anita Diminuta'', a girl strip. His career was interrupted during the Spanish Civil War when he fought on the side of the republicans. In the 1960s, he landed a deal with
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that brought him continental exposure. In 1968, he co-created the cartoon ''Los Guerilleros'' for the Belgian publication Spirou, With the strips ''
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'' and ''
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'', events lead to a collaboration with
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to create '' Invasion!'' in the first issue of 2000AD (1977). The 1970s saw more
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-esque Westerns such as
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. Blasco also co-created the strip ''
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'', which has influenced the look of many other Japanese and Euro creations, such as ''
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''. Blasco also did fairy tale illustrations and tarrocci cards. His work is relatively unknown in the United States, with his main exposure being three appearances in
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's ''Creepy'', which were all miscredited to other artists.


References


External links


Jésus Blasco biography
on Lambiek Comiclopedia

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