Jaime Brocal Remohi is a Spanish

Spain

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 comic book

Comics

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 artist

Artist

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, born in 1936.

Career

Born in Valencia, Spain, Brocal began his comic career at the age of 20, working of various adventure comics including Leslie Chartiers' The Saint and an adaption of Jules Verne's "From Earth to Moon". In 1960 at the age of 24 Brocal created the adventure series 'Katan' and 'Ogan'. Ten years later he would create the characters 'Kronan', 'Arcane' and 'Ta-ar'. He also worked on various hard cover books such as 'Gandhi', 'Lawrence of Arabia', 'The Jewish People' and 'The History of Islam'. He would later produce illustrations for Planeta de Agostini. He would also work for Japanese company Kodansha, drawing the series 'Kami no Ude'.

Due to his connections with Seleciones Illustrada, Brocal joined Warren Publishing

Warren Publishing

Warren Publishing was an American magazine company founded by James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for decades...

 and was one of the first Spanish artists to work for Warren, premiering in Eerie

Eerie

Eerie was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Like Mad, it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and thus did not require the approval or seal of the Comics Code Authority. Each issue's stories were introduced by the host...

 34 in July 1971. Brocal drew 16 stories for Warren from 1971 through 1974. While at Warren he drew multiple recurring characters including 'Targos' and 'The Mummy', one of the first continuing series published in Eerie.

Selected bibliography

• The Saint
• From Earth to Moon
• Katan
• Ogan
• Cronan
• Arcane
• Ta-ar
• Gandhi
• Lawrence of Arabia
• The Jewish People
• The History of Islam
• Kami no Ude
• Creepy
  Creepy
  Creepy was an American horror-comics magazine launched by Warren Publishing in 1964. Like Mad, it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and thus did not require the approval or seal of the Comics Code Authority. The anthology magazine was initially published quarterly but...
  
  (issues 43, 45, 49, 57)
• Eerie
  Eerie
  Eerie was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Like Mad, it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and thus did not require the approval or seal of the Comics Code Authority. Each issue's stories were introduced by the host...
  
  (issues 34, 37-39, 47-50, 52-54)

External links

• Jaime Brocal Remohi biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia