From the Publisher
This story will appeal to a broad readership, because Torres ensures that his tale can be savored on several levels. The author?s satiric wit will be sure to amuse adults. While some of this humor will be too sophisticated for children, Torres? spectacular drawings and loveable protagonist guarantee that he never loses sight of his young readers.
About the Author
Daniel Torres es el dibujante m*aacutes destacado de su generaci*oacuten. Su obra, que incluye tanto novelas gr*aacuteficas como libros infantiles, se ha publicado en todo el mundo y se ha traducido a muchos idiomas. Torres inici*oacute su carrera como dibujante en 1980, despu*eacutes de graduarse en Bellas Artes en Valencia. Su primer c*oacutemic, Claudio Cueco, vio la luz en la revista independiente El V*iacutebora. En 1982 sali*oacute una nueva serie, Roco Vargas, una space-opera cuyo protagonista era un aventurero gal*aacutectico que escribe novelas de ciencia ficci*oacuten. Norma Editorial public*oacute est*aacute popular serie, y la traducci*oacuten al ingl*eacutes se public*oacute en los Estados Unidos en 1984. Norma Editorial continu*oacute publicando la obra del dibujante, como las novelas gr*aacuteficas Opium y Saxxon. Adem*aacutes de la serie de c*oacutemics, Torres se ha dedicado al dibujo comercial, como el redise*ntildeo del logo corporativo de Norma, un mural encargado por el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona para mostrar la Barcelona del futuro, e ilustraciones para grandes editoriales de los Estados Unidos como Penguin, Dell, Playboy, Premier Magazine y New York Weekly. Daniel Torres is the most prominent Spanish comic artist of his generation. His work, which includes graphic novels and children?s books, has been published all over the world and translated into a number of different languages. Daniel Torres began his career as a comics artist in 1980, after graduating from the Valencia School of Fine Arts. His first comic Claudio Cueco, was published by the underground magazine El Vibora. In 1982, he launched a new series, Rocco Vargas, a graphically drawn space-opera featuring an inter-galactic adventurer/sci-fi writer as its title character. This popular series was published by Norma Editorial, with an English translation released in the United States in 1984. Norma Editorial went on to publish all of the artist?s subsequent work, most notably the graphic novels Opium, Rocco Vargas and Saxon. In addition to his comic series, Torres has also undertaken a variety of commercial art projects. This includes re-designing Norma?s corporate logo, and creating a mural commissioned by the Barcelona City Council to illustrate the Barcelona of the Future, as well as illustration work for American publishers like Penguin, Bantam, Dell, Playboy, Premier Magazine, and New York Weekly.
