Manfred Sommer (May 27, 1933 – October 3, 2007) was a Spanish comics

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, best known for the reporter comics series ''Frank Cappa''.

Career

Sommer was born at San Sebastián. He began his career as an informal pupil of

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, and received creative support from the Blasco family during his young years. Sommer's main influences were

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and

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. Sommer created the series ''El Lobo Solitario'', ''Polux'', and ''El Tigre'', before launching his first great success in 1981, ''Frank Cappa'', which was published in the comics magazine ''Cimoc''. Joining the Spanish creators such as Jordi Bernet,

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, Leopold Sánchez and José Ortiz, Sommer was part of the ambitious though short-lived Metropol initiative which published three magazines in the early 1980s, ''Metropol'', ''Mocambo'' and ''KO cómics''.

Bibliography of French titles

* ''Frank Cappa'' **1. ''Frank Cappa au Brésil'' (1984, Les Humanoïdes Associés, ) **2. ''Somoza et Gomorrhe'' (1986, Kesselring) **3. ''Le dernier africain'' (1988, Kesselring) **4. ''Viet-Song!'' (1989, Dargaud, )

References

Manfred Sommer publications in ''Métal Hurlant''
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Bedetheque Footnotes

External links

on Lambiek Comiclopedia
"Manfred Sommer portarà una antologia de Cappa a la Massana"
''Diari d'Andorra'' article {{DEFAULTSORT:Sommer, Manfred 1933 births 2007 deaths People from San Sebastián Spanish comics artists 20th-century Spanish artists