José Antonio Muñoz
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José Antonio Muñoz or simply Muñoz (born October 7, 1942 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian artist. He is most notable for his influential black-and-white artwork. His hardboiled graphic novels series Alack Sinner (with writer Carlos Sampayo) is a noted source for Frank Miller's Sin City.
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[edit] Overview
Muñoz studied at the Pan-American School of Art under Hugo Pratt and Alberto Breccia, and worked as an assistant to Francisco Solano López.
In 1972 he moved to Spain and then to Italy and began a collaboration with Argentinian writer Carlos Sampayo which produced , among others, the detective series Alack Sinner (sometimes misspelled "Allack Sinner") and its spin-offs Joe's Bar and Sophie, as well as a comics biography of Billie Holiday.
His style is characterised by a sharp line, heavy chiaroscuro, and exaggerated, sometimes grotesque, faces and figures. His work has had a strong influence on British artists Dave McKean and Warren Pleece, and US artists Frank Miller (for part of his Sin City style [1]) and Keith Giffen.
[edit] Awards
- 1978: Best Foreign Realistic Work at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France
- 1983: Best Comic Book at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
- 1994: Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material[2]
- 2002: Special Prize for outstanding life’s work at the Max & Moritz Prizes, Germany
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[edit] External links
- José Muñoz profile at Lambiek
- "European Hard-Boiled Comics: Alack Sinner, PI from the Darkest Noir" - Illustrated overview of the series
- Short bibliography of the Alack Sinner series (French and English editions)
- (in French) Large Muñoz illustrated bibliography (but sorted by last-reprint dates instead of original years)
- Career-wide selected art samples (French editions)
(Years from artist's signature or original publication, not later reprints)
- 1983 page from Sudor Sudaca
- 1987 page from Joe's Bar: Friendly Stories
- 1988 page from Alack Sinner: Nicaragua
- 1988 page from Play of Lights
- 1991 page from Billie Holiday
- 1999 page from Panna Maria
- 2003 page from Backfires
- 2004 page from The Book
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