Antonio Segura

Antonio Segura (born June 13, 1947 in Valencia) is a Spanish comics writer.

Biography

Antonio Segura's earliest work appeared in the early 80s after meeting the experienced artists José Ortiz, Luis Bermejo and Leopoldo Sanchez who were looking for an inexperienced scriptwriter, untainted by the industry.^[1] 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-Franco era. Hombre began a successful run in the magazine Cimoc, and Segura started collaborating with Jordi Bernet, creating the amazone fantasy series Sarvan, also appearing in Cimoc. In 1983, Segura and a collective of artists including Bernet, Ortiz, Sánchez and Manfred Sommer, 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 Kraken with Bernet.^[1] The latter was staged in a dystopic city, also named Metropol, above the sewers where the series' monster, the Kraken, dwelled. Unfortunately, the magazine proved short-lived, publishing only 12 issues. Later, Segura continued his prolific partnership with José Ortiz, resulting in a large body of work, including the acclaimed 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 90s, he started the series Eva Medusa with Ana Miralles, a work which won two Haxtur Awards. In the most recent years, Segura has worked for the Italian comics market, creating new stories for the character Tex Willer.^[1]

Bibliography of French publications

• Sarvane (Sarvan) with Jordi Bernet
  • 1. Sarvane (1985, Dargaud, ISBN 2205029584)
  • 2. Le secret de Gor (1986, Magic Strip, ISBN 2803514882)
• Kraken, with Jordi Bernet
  • 1. Le monstre sous la ville (1986, Gilou, ISBN 2905146044)
  • 2. Le meilleur flic de la ville (1987, Les Humanoïdes Associés, ISBN 2731604840)
  • 3. La patrouille de l'horreur (1988, Les Humanoïdes Associés, ISBN 2731604832)
  • 4. L'appel de l'enfer (1988, Les Humanoïdes Associés, ISBN 2731604859)
  • 5. Le roi des égouts (1991, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2877640582)
• Hombre, with José Ortiz
  • HS1. Une humanité errante (1987, Kesselring, ISBN 2-88159-020-9)
  • HS2. L'héritage de l'humanité (1988, Kesselring, ISBN 2-88159-030-6)
  • T1. L'ombre du désespoir (1989, Magic strip, ISBN 2-8035-0190-2)
  • T2. L'ultime ennemi (1989, Magic strip, ISBN 2-8035-0202-X)
  • T3. Attila (1991, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-055-8)
  • T4. Attila et les sept nains (1992, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-110-4)
  • T5. Les vautours (1994, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-110-4)
  • T1. La Genèse - Une tombe en béton (1993, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-134-1)
  • T2. La Genèse - La vallée de la vengeance (1993, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-135-X)
  • T3. La Genèse - Le chasseur (1993, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-149-X)
• Burton & Cyb, with José Ortiz
  • 1. Escrocs de l'espace (1989, Comics USA, ISBN 2-87695-051-0)
  • 2. Loubards des étoiles (1989, Comics USA, ISBN 2-87695-101-0)
  • 3. Gangsters galactiques (1991, Comics USA, ISBN 2-87695-134-7)
  • 4. Pourritures planétaires (1992, Comics USA, ISBN 2-87695-176-2)
• Morgan, with José Ortiz
  • 1. Repose en paix (1989, Les Humanoïdes Associés, ISBN 2-7316-0600-2)
  • 2. Le Contrat (1991, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-060-4)
  • 3. Le Zombie (1991, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-069-8)
  • 4. Don Gaetano (1992, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-099-X)
  • 5. Petits nègres et négriers (1993, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-138-4)
  • 6. Les Vampires (1993, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2-87764-142-2)
• Jean le Long (Juan el Largo) with José Ortiz
  • 1. Jean le Long (1990, Vaisseau d'argent, ISBN 2-87757-027-4)
  • 2. Le lac des emeraudes (1991, Vaisseau d'argent, ISBN 2-87757-045-2)
• Jack l'éventreur (Jack el Destripador) with José Ortiz (1992, Magic Strip, ISBN 2803502771)
• Eva Medusa, with Ana Miralles
  • 1. Toi, le venin (1991, Glénat, ISBN 2-7234-2167-8)
  • 2. Toi, le désir (1993, Glénat, ISBN 2-7234-1455-8)
  • 3. Toi, l'amour (1994, Glénat, ISBN 2-7234-1745-X)

Awards

• 1993: Haxtur Award, Best Long Comic Strip, for Eva Medusa ^[2]
• 1993: Haxtur Award, Best Script, for Eva Medusa

Sources

Footnotes

External links

• Antonio Segura biography on TexBR (Portuguese)
• Contando Historias (Telling Stories) article by Segura (Spanish)
• Antonio Segura interview (Spanish)