Frank Espinosa
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Animator
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and cartoonist
Cartoonist
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. He has worked extensively for Disney and Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
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, having redesigned the Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
characters in 1992, fashioned a series of Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
US postage stamps, and designed the Baby Looney Tunes
Baby Looney Tunes
Baby Looney Tunes is a Canadian-American animated television series that shows Looney Tunes characters as toddlers. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation....
characters, among other achievements.
Since 2005, Espinosa has been producing the comic book Rocketo
Rocketo
Rocketo is a comic book series by Frank Espinosa. Initially published by Speakeasy Comics, in 2006 Rocketo moved to Image Comics. Espinosa handles nearly every aspect of Rocketos production , with Marie Taylor credited as co-writer.Rocketo follows the life and adventures of Rocketo Garrison,...
, currently published by Image Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
. He began teaching Character and World Design at the Comparative Media Studies program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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in Fall 2006.
Frank Espinosa was nominated for three 2006 Eisner Awards, for Best New Series Rocketo
Rocketo
Rocketo is a comic book series by Frank Espinosa. Initially published by Speakeasy Comics, in 2006 Rocketo moved to Image Comics. Espinosa handles nearly every aspect of Rocketos production , with Marie Taylor credited as co-writer.Rocketo follows the life and adventures of Rocketo Garrison,...
, Best Continuing Series Rocketo
Rocketo
Rocketo is a comic book series by Frank Espinosa. Initially published by Speakeasy Comics, in 2006 Rocketo moved to Image Comics. Espinosa handles nearly every aspect of Rocketos production , with Marie Taylor credited as co-writer.Rocketo follows the life and adventures of Rocketo Garrison,...
, and Best Cover Artist.
Other comics work
Doc Samson - Living Totem (Marvel Comics) Espinosa’s art can also be seen in a two-part back-up feature starring the Living Totem by writer Zeb WellsZeb Wells
Zeb Wells is an American comic book writer known for his work at Marvel Comics, as well as his work on Robot Chicken.-Career:Wells is an Emmy and Annie Award winning writer and actor for the TV show Robot Chicken, including the Emmy-nominated Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II.Wells has written...
in Doc Samson
Doc Samson
Doc Samson is a fictional character, a superhero and psychiatrist in the Marvel Comics universe, known as a supporting character in stories featuring the Hulk.-Publication history:...
(Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
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) #4 and #5 April and May 2006, respectively.