| Jordi Bernet | |
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 Jordi Bernet atSan Diego Comic-Con in 2011 | |
| Born | Jordi Bernet Cussó (1944-06-14)14 June 1944 (age 81) |
| Area | Artist |
| Pseudonym | Jordi |
Notable works | Sarvan Kraken Torpedo Clara de noche |
| Awards | Full list |
Jordi Bernet Cussó (born 14 June 1944) is aSpanishcomics artist, best known for the gangster comics seriesTorpedo and for American weird western comic bookJonah Hex.
He was born inBarcelona, the son of a Spanish comic book artist,Miguel Bernet.
He made his debut in comics at fifteen, continuing his father's humorous serieses:Doña Urraca (Mrs. Magpie) after his death in 1960, under thepseudonym "Jordi". While this could support his family, it did not satisfy his artistic ambitions that were inspired by artists such asHal Foster,Alex Raymond andMilton Caniff.[1] From 1962, Bernet developed a more realistic style, and took on smaller assignments from Italian and British publishers (including the complete 67-issue run of Graham Baker'sThe Legend Testers inSmash! comic[2]), until he started illustrating for theFranco-Belgian comics magazineSpirou in 1965. He drew the seriesDan Lacombe with his uncle Miguel Cussó as writer, and created a similar seriesPaul Foran with writer José Larraz, but due to disagreements over editing decisions byDupuis, Bernet ended the relationship withSpirou.[3] Turning to the German market, in the 1970s he collaborated with Cussó to createWat 69, a sexy and humouristic heroine for the magazinePip, andAndrax, a science fiction series forPrimo, which both became successful in Germany.[4]
After the fall ofFranco, Bernet returned to Spain and worked for several Spanish comics magazines such asCreepy,Metropol andCimoc, eventually meeting three writers with whom he would form productive partnerships. WithAntonio Segura he created the amazone fantasy seriesSarvan, and the seriesKraken, depicting a sewer monster terrorizing a futuristic fascist society.[1]
Bernet first collaborated withEnrique Sánchez Abulí on several short stories, collected inHistorietas negras. WhenAlex Toth, after producing two stories ofTorpedo 1936 in 1981, decided he did not share Abulí's darkly humorous view of mankind and parted with the project, Bernet was asked to continue the work.[5] This became the beginning of a long-lasting series, which became a popular success and was awarded at theAngoulême International Comics Festival. It eventually formed the basis of its own magazine,Luca Torelli es Torpedo in 1992.[4] Later collaborations with Abulí includeDe vuelta a casa,La naturaleza de la bestia: Ab Irato andSnake: por un puñado de dolares.
Bernet also formed a creative partnership with theArgentine writerCarlos Trillo, resulting in the sexually explicit seriesCicca Dum-Dum, the less lewd and more comical seriesClara de noche, and severalone-shots, includingCuster,Light and Bold andIvánpiire.
Bernet's more recent publications include several albums for the Italian western characterTex Willer, and a run of work for the U.S. comics market, including aBatman story, and a trilogy detailing "the shocking origin" ofJonah Hex.[6] Bernet has later continued to work with Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray onJonah Hex.
American artistWill Eisner described his impression of Bernet's work in an anthology preface:[7]
Here was a man who was producing pure story-telling art. That is art that uses the kind of minimalism so singular to his draftsmanship that is actually a narrative device in itself. This fit into my own philosophy of sequential narrative art. I pursued the progress of his work with great interest.
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