| Emma Ríos | |
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 Emma Ríos atLucca Comics & Games in 2015 | |
| Born | Emma Ríos Maneiro (1976-04-01)April 1, 1976 (age 48) Vilagarcía de Arousa,Galicia,Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Area(s) | Comic Book Artist, Illustrator |
Notable works | Pretty Deadly,Osborn,Strange,I.D., andMirror |
Emma Ríos Maneiro (born April 1, 1976,Vilagarcía de Arousa) is a Spanish comics artist, writer, and editor with an international presence in the comics industry. She has worked for some of the largest American comics publishers, includingMarvel,Image, andBoom! Studios.
She has several ongoing titles:Mirror with Malaysian artist Hwei Lim andPretty Deadly with American writerKelly Sue Deconnick. The latter earned RíosEisner award nominations for Best Penciller/Inker/Artist and Best Cover Artist in 2014[1] and a win for Best Cover Artist in 2020.[2][3] She is also a rapier fencer specializing inLa Verdadera Destreza.[citation needed]
Ríos began drawing as a child and is a self-taught artist.[4] As a young adult, Ríos attendedUniversity of A Coruña for architecture and afterwards worked as an architect for a few years while publishing comics on the side in fanzines. In 2008, she refocused her career on comics.[5]
In the same year Ríos resigned from architecture, she participated in Lingua Comica, a transnational comics workshop program funded by theAsia-Europe Foundation (ASEF). Ríos has related in interviews that she did not feel like a real comics artist until she was selected for the program alongside Hwei Lim, with whom she currently co-createsMirror.[6][7] Shortly afterwards, she began to work for several comics publishers in the United States.
Prior to resigning from architecture, Ríos began her career in comics by self-publishing zines in her teenage years. Over time, Ríos was a regular contributor to the Galicia, Spain-based small press and fanzinePolaquia.[5] Here, Ríos published multiple original works includingAPB (A Prueba de Balas, Bulletproof) and other comics.
Ríos debuted in American comics in 2008 withHexed, a fantasy/horror title underBoom! Studios she illustrated forMichael Nelson.[6]
Ríos first joinedMarvel comics as an illustrator forDoctor Strange written byMark Waid. Ríos accredits Waid for pushing her to pursue a career in Marvel comics, where she has worked on many titles includingThe Amazing Spider-man,Runaways,Girl Comics, andOsborn, a mini-series about the Spider-man villain Norman Osborn. Ríos partnered with Kelly Sue Deconnick forOsborn, whom she worked on several other projects with across multiple publishers.
Ríos and Deconnick joined forces forPretty Deadly, an award-winning and ongoing western/fantasy series published byImage Comics. Deconnick and Ríos collaborated previously at Image for “Railbirds”, a graphic reflection and tribute written by Deconnick for her friend, the late slam-poetMaggie Estep a year after her death. This appeared inIsland magazine, a monthly comics anthology published from 2015 to 2017, which Ríos co-edited and contributed to withBrandon Graham. Although the magazine has since ended, Ríos has spoken favorably of her work with the magazine. Her own solo story in Island, I.D, was also released as a solo graphic novel.[4]
Ríos created the poster for the American television seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s episode "Ragtag".[8]
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