Daniel Acuña

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Daniel Acuña
Born1974 (age 49–50)
NationalitySpanish
Area(s)Penciller
Notable works
Claus & Simon
Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters
The Eternals

Daniel Acuña (born 1974) is a Spanish

comic book artist
.

Early life

In

Alfons Mucha, as well as illustrator Drew Struzan.[1][2]

Career

His first published work was a 22-page black and white project, Claus & Simon in Hollywood, with fellow artist Santi Arcas, which was bought by Spanish publisher La Cupula when Acuña was 22. This work was followed by Claus & Simon: Freakshow, and Claus & Simon: Disaster Box. The "Claus & Simon" series is about the adventures of a clown and an anthropomorphic dinosaur. The last story was done for the French market and later reprinted in the popular American magazine Heavy Metal (under the title Claus & Simon: Kings of Escape).[1][2]

Claus & Simon increased Acuña's profile in

Supreme (#2-6), which led to Acuña's decision to try to break into the American market while still remaining active in the European comics industry.[1]

Acuña's first work in the American comics industry was for

Ravager and Blackfire for Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files. This work got Acuña noticed by Mark Chiarello, who suggested him to editors Mike Carlin and Joan Hilty as a cover artist for the Justice League of America and Outsiders series.[1]

Although only doing American-market covers up until this point, Acuña made the move to interior art with Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters, on which he did the covers, pencils, inks, graytones and even character design, working with European colorist Javi Montes.[1]

In late 2005, it was announced that Acuña had signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics.[2][3] However, in 2007 it was announced that Acuña had signed an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics, to start in 2008, and would be leaving DC Comics.[4] Acuña had previously only done covers for Marvel; his first interior work for the publisher was The Eternals, which debuted June 2008.[5][6] In 2010 Acuña drew the Black Widow ongoing series with writer Marjorie Liu. In October 2015 he and writer Nick Spencer started the series Captain America: Sam Wilson.[7]

Personal life

Acuña is currently based in Águilas, Spain.[1]

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes:

Covers only

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Doran, Michael. "Who is Daniel Acuña?". Newsarama. Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  2. ^
    Comic-Con International. Archived from the original
    on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  3. ^ Brady, Matt (2005-11-15). "Daniel Acuña Signs DC Exclusive". Newsarama. Retrieved 2008-05-15.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Richards, Dave (2008-01-09). "Making Things Marvelous: Acuña Talks Marvel Gigs". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  5. ^ Doran, Michael (2007-11-12). "Artist Daniel Acuña Headed to Marvel in '08". Newsarama. Retrieved 2008-05-15.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Richards, Dave (March 7, 2008). "EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Acuña talks 'Eternals'". Comic Book Resources.
  7. ^ "Sam Wilson, Captain America Soars Higher than Ever | News | Marvel.com". marvel.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09.

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Preceded by
Flash
artist

2007
Succeeded by