Josep Gual biography

Josep Gual i Tutusaus (born 21 August 1936; San Quintín de Mediona, Spain)

Josep Gual i Tutusaus began his career working for publishers of his native Catalonia until he entered the international market by means of the agency Selecciones Ilustradas. In Spain, he drew for Toray serials like 'Brigada Secreta', 'Espionaje' and 'Las Enfermeras' in the 1960s. He was additionally the artist of 'Mark Danger' in Hurón (scripts by Manuel Dominguez Navarro, 1968), 'Adam & Evans' in Cómics (scripts by Victor Mora, 1972) and 'Jeff Blake, el Hombre de Pinkerton' in Kung-Fu (scripts Andreu Martín, 1983).

As for his agency work, he drew for Fleetway in Britain. Since 1969 he was one of the new illustrators of the Australian comic book 'Devil Doone', following the retirement of Hart Amos. In the 1970s, he contributed to Creepy and other American horror titles of publishers Skywald and Warren. Later on, Josep Gual drew the erotic newspaper strip 'George & Lynne' with scripts by Conrad Frost for the British daily The Sun.

Gual has drawn among others 'James Bond' for the Scandinavian publisher Semic (1980s) and Disney comics for Egmont (1980s, 1990s). For the German magazine Yps, he has drawn series 'Tommy, der Trommler'. In later years, he has drawn through the Comicon agency.

Gual has proven himself to be a very versatile artist by encompassing a wide variety of styles.

According to Rafael Ruiz de Tebeosfera, in the adventure genre he emulated Carrillo (Antonio Pérez García) and in the horror genre he was influenced by Alberto Breccia. He has also demonstrated his ability by making children's comics for Disney or in graphic humor bullets, and defines his style as "of vigorous stroke" and "with great mastery of chiaroscuro".
Source: Lambiek Comiclopedia; Wikipedia

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