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José Beá
BornJosep Maria Beà i Font
1942
Spain
NationalitySpanish
Area(s)artist
Notable works
Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella

Josep Maria Beà i Font, in Spanish José Beá (born 11 March 1942) is a Spanish comic book artist.

Career

Born in Barcelona, Catalunya, Beá started his comic book career in the late 1950s when he worked for Fleetway in Britain. [1] He also worked on Miller's TV Heroes during this period.[1] In the early 1960s he worked on Space Ace for Atlas, as well as Lone Star.[1] In 1962 Beá moved to Paris where he focused on painting rather than comic book art.[1] In 1971 he returned to comic books, working on Dracula and Marilyn.

Due to his connections with the Spanish agency Selecciones Illustrada, Beá started working for Warren Publishing in America in 1971, premiering with the story The Silver Thief and the Pharoah's Daughter in Vampirella 13.[2] Bea would both write and illustrate a large portion of his stories. Stories highlighted for praise by comics historian Richard Arndt included Picture of Death (Creepy 45), The Accursed Flower (Creepy 49), Quavering Shadows (Vampirella 15) and The Other Side of Heaven (Vampirella 28).[3] Eerie also published 3 parts from his Tales of Peter Hypnos series, which had also been published in 'Spirit' in Spain and in Australia.[4] His work for Dracula was reprinted in a separate book published by Warren, as well as the story Invasion in Eerie 75. Beá would draw approximately 30 stories for Warren, as well as two covers (one of which was a reprinted, colored panel from one of his stories).

After his departure from Warren in 1976, Beá worked on Tales of the Galactic Inn.[1] In 1979 he was convicted for offenses against morality for the content of one of his stories in this title, and was forbidden from doing anymore artwork.[1] Once this ban was lifted, he worked on the magazine Rambla with Luis Garcia, as well as a number of humor magazines.

Selected bibliography

A sample of Jose Bea's work, from Creepy #45.
  • Miller's TV Heroes
  • Space Ace
  • Lone Star
  • Dracula (1971)
  • Marilyn (1971)
  • Creepy issues 44-47, 49-53,56-58,61,80 (1972–1976)
  • Eerie issues 39-41,72,73,75,76 (1972–1976)
  • Vampirella issues 13,15,17,22,23,25,26,28,31,34,36 (1971–1974)
  • Tales of the Galactic Inn
  • Rambla

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Cooke, Jon; Roach, David (2001). The Warren Companion. Two Morrows Publishing. p. 260. ISBN 1-893905-09-8.
  2. ^ Arndt, Richard (2013). Horror Comics in Black and White. McFarland & Company, Inc, Publishers. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-7864-7025-9.
  3. ^ Arndt, Richard (2013). Horror Comics in Black and White. McFarland & Company, Inc, Publishers. p. 35,36,121,125. ISBN 978-0-7864-7025-9.
  4. ^ Horne, David (2010). Gathering Horror. Phrona Press. p. 96-97.

Sources

  • Roach, David A.; Cooke, Jon B. The Warren Companion.


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