José Villarrubia

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José Villarrubia
Born	José Antonio Villarrubia Jimenez Momediano 17 November 1961 (1961-11-17) (age 48) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Area(s)	Colorist, Painter, Photographer
Notable works	The Mirror of Love Voice of the Fire Promethea Sweet Tooth

José Villarrubia (born 17 November 1961) is a Spanish artist who has done considerable work in the American comic book industry, particularly as a colorist.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Interviews 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Biography

Villarrubia was born in Madrid. His fine art photography has been exhibited in the U.S., Latin America and Europe, in institutions such as the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Inter-American Development Bank. He is a professor in the Illustration Department of the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has also taught at Towson University, the Baltimore School for the Arts and the Walters Art Museum. He has lectured extensively about art at Johns Hopkins University, the College Art Association, Dickinson College, the ICA in London, the Williem de Kooning Academy, the Naples Academy of Art, and the MacWorld UK Convention. ^[1]

In comics, Villarrubia has done digitally manipulated illustrations for Veils, Promethea and The Sentry. As a colorist he is frequent collaborator of Jae Lee (Hellshock, Fantastic Four 1234, Captain America), Bill Sienkiewicz (Sentry/Hulk, X-Men Unlimited), J.H. Williams III (Promethea, Desolation Jones), Paul Pope (Solo, Project Superior, Batman: Year 100), Scott Hampton (Batman: Gotham County Limits), Kaare Andrews (Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One, Wolverine, Spider-Man: Reign), Ryan Sook ('Spider-Man Unlimited, X-Factor) and Richard Corben (CAGE, Ghost Rider, Conan the Cimmerian). He is currently coloring Conan the Cimmerian and Kull for Dark Horse Comics. He has won the Comicdom Award for best colorist for his work on X-Factor ^[2], has been nominated twice for the Eisner Award for best colorist and has been included in The Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition. ^[3]

With writer Alan Moore, he has produced two illustrated books, both published by Top Shelf Productions: Voice of the Fire and The Mirror of Love. Mirror is a love poem and a detailed history of homosexuality, prominently featuring famous figures in art and literature. It originally began as a part of the AARGH! Anthology in 1988. AARGH! [Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia] was a comic book protest against Britain's proposed anti-Gay Section 28.^[4] It was translated and published in French as Le Miroir de l'amour (November 2006), by Carabas Revolution, in Italian as Lo Specchio dell'Amore (September 2008) by Edizioni BD and in Spanish as El Espejo del amor (November 2008) by Editorial Kraken. Villarrubia is openly gay.^[5]

[edit] Interviews

The DVD of the documentary feature film The Mindscape of Alan Moore contains an exclusive bonus interview with the Jose Villarubia, elaborately detailing the collaboration with Alan Moore.

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[edit] External links

This section includes a list of references or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate. (April 2009)

• GayCities, November 2008
• Newsarama (part 1), August 2008
• Newsarama (part 2), August 2008
• Visit My Baltimore, December 2007
• Broken Frontier (part 1), August 2006
• Broken Frontier (part 2), August 2006
• The Modern Word, August 2004
• Comic Book Bin, April 2004
• Slush Factory, March 2003
• Baltimore City Paper, June 2003
• Newsarama, 2003
• PopImage, March 2000