Jesús Blasco

Jesús Blasco (3 November 1919 - 21 October 1995) was a Spanish author of comic books, whose career covered most of the conventional history of comic strips.

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3 November - 1919 - 21 October - 1995 - Comic books

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Blasco debuted in 1935 in such Spanish magazines as Mickey, turning out "funny animal" strips. For the magazine Boliche, however, he created a groundbreaking character named Cuto ("Cutter"). Originally, Cuto was a pals-strip in the vein of Percy Crosby's Skippy. But Cuto quickly became much more - a globe trotting and even time-travelling boy adventurer, casually handling firearms and hotwiring sportcars, and even romancing adult women.

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1935 - Mickey - Boliche - Cuto - Percy Crosby - Skippy

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Blasco's art veered from dead-on cute animal cartoons to the shadowplay realism of 'Milt Caniff' and 'Noel Sickles'. He created strips for various audiences, including 'Anita Diminuta', a girl strip.

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Milt Caniff - Noel Sickles - Anita Diminuta

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In the 1960s, he clinched a deal with Fleetway that brought him continental exposure for the strips 'Steel Claw' & 'Buffalo Bill', and which lead to his creating the ultraviolent anti-hero Bill Savage for 'Invasion!' in the first issue of 2000AD (1978). The 1970s saw more Alex Toth-esque Westerns such as Tex Willer. Blasco also co-created the strip Capitan Trueno, which has influenced the look of many other Japanse and Euro creations, such as The Mysterious Cities of Gold. Blasco also did fairy tale illustrations and tarrocci cards.

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1960s - Fleetway - Steel Claw - Buffalo Bill - Anti-hero - Bill Savage - Invasion! - 2000AD - 1970s - Alex Toth - Tex Willer - Capitan Trueno - The Mysterious Cities of Gold - Tarrocci cards

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His work is relatively unknown in the United States, with his main exposure being the 1960s Warren magazines.

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