Miguel Guerra
Encyclopedia
Miguel Guerra is an illustrator and writer, best known for his graphic novel
series, Samurai Elf. He is also a featured artist in Heavy Metal Magazine.
Miguel has translated 14 titles for NBM Publishing
and is currently a translator for Heavy Metal Magazine.
, northeast of Madrid
and home to Miguel de Cervantes
. At the age of 8 his family moved to Canada
. He currently resides in New York City
with his wife and co-writer, Suzy Dias.
, Battle of the Planets
, Maya the Bee
, and Vicky the Viking
. This opened him up to the imaginative world of European, Japanese and American comics
/manga
. He expressed his profound admiration by drawing on walls as a child, a skill he soon adapted to the more permanent medium of paper.
His first art-related job as a teenager was unconventional to say the least. He apprenticed with an artist who created and etched illustrations onto granite tombstones. Since then, he’s created pin-ups, short stories, web art, and logos for various publishers and companies.a
adventure
/fantasy
/humor series. Their decision to debut with a series may seem unorthodox, but as they say in New York, go big or go home. 2007 will see the publication of Samurai Elf: Gathering Storm (book 2), and Alric the Wild!, an ongoing graphic novel for all ages, where a boy raised by wolves and his best friend, the Monkey King, wreak havoc in the ancient world.
. Starting in 2007, any copy of Heavy Metal will have a few stories translated by Miguel. Books to his credit include, Dark Labyrinth by Luis Royo
, Fantastic Art by Luis Royo, and Daily Delirium by Miguelanxo Prado
.
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
series, Samurai Elf. He is also a featured artist in Heavy Metal Magazine.
Miguel has translated 14 titles for NBM Publishing
NBM Publishing
NBM Publishing is an American publisher of graphic novels. The company specializes in non-superhero comic genres and has translated and published over 150 graphic novels from Europe and Canada, as well as several works by Americans...
and is currently a translator for Heavy Metal Magazine.
Quick Bio
Miguel Guerra was born in Madrid to a Spanish Mother and an American father. He grew up in Alcalá de HenaresAlcalá de Henares
Alcalá de Henares , meaning Citadel on the river Henares, is a Spanish city, whose historical centre is one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites, and one of the first bishoprics founded in Spain...
, northeast of Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
and home to Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum opus, Don Quixote, considered the first modern novel, is a classic of Western literature, and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written...
. At the age of 8 his family moved to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He currently resides in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
with his wife and co-writer, Suzy Dias.
Early life
At an early age, cartoons captivated Miguel. Among his early favorites were Mazinger ZMazinger Z
, known briefly as Tranzor Z in United States, is a Super Robot manga and anime series created by Go Nagai. The first manga version was serialized in Shueisha Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1972 to August 1973, and it later continued in Kodansha TV Magazine from October 1973 to September 1974. In...
, Battle of the Planets
Battle of the Planets
Battle of the Planets is an American animated television adaptation of the Japanese anime series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman . Of the 105 original Gatchaman episodes, 85 were used in the Battle of the Planets adaptation, produced by Sandy Frank Entertainment...
, Maya the Bee
Maya the Bee
The Adventures of Maya the Bee is a German book, comic book series and animated television series, first written by Waldemar Bonsels and published in 1912...
, and Vicky the Viking
Vicky the Viking
Vicky the Viking, known as in Germany and Austria and in Japan, is an Austrian-German-Japanese cartoon series which tells the adventures of Vicky, a young Viking boy who uses his wits to help his Viking fellows...
. This opened him up to the imaginative world of European, Japanese and American comics
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
/manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
. He expressed his profound admiration by drawing on walls as a child, a skill he soon adapted to the more permanent medium of paper.
His first art-related job as a teenager was unconventional to say the least. He apprenticed with an artist who created and etched illustrations onto granite tombstones. Since then, he’s created pin-ups, short stories, web art, and logos for various publishers and companies.a
Current projects
In 2006, Miguel and Suzy decided to launch Iberian Press. Their first endeavor was to self publish Samurai Elf, a 7 part graphic novelGraphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
adventure
Adventure
An adventure is defined as an exciting or unusual experience; it may also be a bold, usually risky undertaking, with an uncertain outcome. The term is often used to refer to activities with some potential for physical danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing and or participating in extreme sports...
/fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
/humor series. Their decision to debut with a series may seem unorthodox, but as they say in New York, go big or go home. 2007 will see the publication of Samurai Elf: Gathering Storm (book 2), and Alric the Wild!, an ongoing graphic novel for all ages, where a boy raised by wolves and his best friend, the Monkey King, wreak havoc in the ancient world.
Translations
Miguel is also a Spanish translator for Heavy Metal Magazine and NBM PublishingNBM Publishing
NBM Publishing is an American publisher of graphic novels. The company specializes in non-superhero comic genres and has translated and published over 150 graphic novels from Europe and Canada, as well as several works by Americans...
. Starting in 2007, any copy of Heavy Metal will have a few stories translated by Miguel. Books to his credit include, Dark Labyrinth by Luis Royo
Luis Royo
Luis Royo is a Spanish artist, known for his sensual and dark paintings, its apocalyptic imagery, his fantasy worlds and mechanical life forms...
, Fantastic Art by Luis Royo, and Daily Delirium by Miguelanxo Prado
Miguelanxo Prado
Miguelanxo Prado is a Spanish comic book creator. He was born in A Coruña, Galicia in 1958.-Biography:Prado studied architecture, wrote novels and painted before his career in comics....
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External links
- Free eComic version of Samurai Elf - This will soon be available in Spanish and Portuguese.