Nestor Redondo

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In this Philippine name, the family name is Redondo.

Nestor Redondo
Redondo in 1982
Redondo in 1982
Born(1928-05-04)May 4, 1928
Candon, Ilocos Sur, Philippine Islands, U.S.
DiedDecember 30, 1995(1995-12-30) (aged 67)
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Nationality Philippines
Area(s)Penciller, Inker, Publisher, Animation Designer, Painter
Notable works
Darna,
Limited Collectors' Edition #C-36 (The Bible),
Rima, the Jungle Girl,
Savage Sword of Conan,
Swamp Thing
AwardsInkpot Award, 1979

Nestor P. Redondo (May 4, 1928 – December 30, 1995)

comics artist best known for his work for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and other American publishers in the 1970s and early 1980s. In his native Philippines, he is known for co-creating the superheroine Darna
.

Early life

Redondo was born May 4, 1928, in Candon, Ilocos Sur, in what was then the United States territory of the Philippine Islands.[2][3] His brother, Francisco "Quico" Redondo, was a comics artist as well.[4]

He studied architecture at the

Mapúa Institute of Technology but left it to begin a career in illustration.[5]

Career

Early work

Redondo began his career drawing Filipino

komiks serials, which were written by his brother Virgilio,[6] including Mars Ravelo's Darna series. In 1969 and 1970 Redondo did the four-page serial ”Mga Kasaysayang Buhat sa Bibliya” (“Tales from the Bible”) in each issue of Superyor Komiks Magasin, which was produced by his company Nestor Redondo Publications. This company launched a program of on-the-job training for young writers and artists.[2][3]

U.S. work

In the 1970s, Redondo began to do work for publishers in the United States. His earliest U.S. credit is penciling and inking the ten-page story "The King Is Dead", by writer

Ragman series for DC.[12][13][14]

Panel, DC Comics' Rima, the Jungle Girl #6 (Feb.–March 1975). Art by Redondo.

In 1970, Redondo was approached by

Madame Curie, Albert Einstein, and Abraham Lincoln
.

In the mid-1980s, Redondo inked the

Innovation Comics' Legends of the Stargrazers.[7] Redondo collaborated with writer Roy Thomas on an adaptation of Robert E. Howard's Marchers of Valhalla in the mid-1990s, but the finished comic book never saw print.[citation needed
]

Christian comics

More regularly, Redondo contributed to various Christian comics. In addition to DC Comics' 1975 one-shot collection of Bible stories, Redondo illustrated Marx, Lenin, Mao and Christ, published in 1977 by

The Nate Butler Studio. Redondo was a panelist for the first Christian-comics panel of San Diego Comic-Con in 1992.[16]

In preparation for the

First International Christian Comics Training Conference in Tagaytay, the Philippines, in January 1996, Redondo wrote On Realistic Illustration for his main teaching session, but died before he was able to deliver it personally.[16]

Death

Redondo was living in Los Angeles County, California, at the time of his death on December 30, 1995.[1]

Awards

In 1979, Redondo received the Inkpot Award at the San Diego Comic-Con.[17]

Bibliography

Continuity Comics

DC Comics

Eclipse Comics

Innovation Publishing

  • Legends of the Stargrazers #1 (1989)

Marvel Comics

Nate Butler Studio, Inc.

  • Aida-Zee #1 (1990)
  • The Monster tract (1992)
  • Behold 3-D #1 (1996)
  • Christian Comics & Games #0 (1996)
  • Christian Comics & Games #1 (1997)

Pacific Comics

Pendulum Press

  • Pendulum Illustrated Classics
    • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973) – reprinted in Marvel Classics Comics #1 (1976)
    • Dracula (1973) — reprinted in Marvel Classics Comics #9 (1976)
    • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1974)
    • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1978)
    • The Odyssey (1979)
    • Romeo and Juliet (1979)
  • Basic Illustrated History of America
    • The Civil War, 1850-1876 (1976)
  • Pendulum Illustrated Biography Series
    • Abraham Lincoln (1979)
    • Madame Curie/Albert Einstein (1979)

Peter Pan Records

  • Battle for the Planet of the Apes ##PR21 (1974)
  • Beneath the Planet of the Apes #PR20 (1974)
  • Escape from the Planet of the Apes #PR19 (1974)
  • Planet of the Apes #PR18 (1974)

Warren Publishing

Western Publishing

References

  1. ^
    Lambiek Comiclopedia
    gives an incorrect death date of September 30.
  2. ^
    Lambiek Comiclopedia. July 29, 2012. Archived
    from the original on September 28, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Alanguilan, Doroteo L., ed. "Nestor Redondo". The Philippine Comics Art Museum. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2013. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Bails, Jerry (n.d.). "Redondo, Frank". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999. Archived from the original on May 11, 2007.
  5. ^ Alanguilan, Gerry (April 20, 2006). "Nestor Redondo". The Philippine Comics Art Museum. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017. Nestor took up Architecture at the Mapúa Institute of Technology at the behest of his parents, who believed that one comics artist in the family was enough. Nestor's brother Virgilio was at the time already illustrating comics for Bulaklak Publications.
  6. ^ "Virgilio Redondo". Lambiek Comiclopedia. July 29, 2012. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d Nestor Redondo at the Grand Comics Database
  8. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. Editor Joe Kubert's gorgeous covers, plus the untamed beauty of South America's wildlife and flora, as accentuated by famed Filipino artist Nestor Redondo, were unforgettable. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
  9. ISBN 9783836519816
    . W. H. Hudson's 1904 novel Green Mansions provided a heroine to serve as a counterpart to Tarzan, then being published by DC.
  10. ^ Levitz, p. 482: The search for [Swamp Thing artist Bernie Wrightson's] replacement led to the Filipino talent pool that was producing most of the mystery line's art - a studio now led by Nestor Redondo, a premier artist in that country."
  11. ^ Zeno, Eddy (December 2012). "DC Comics' The Bible". Back Issue! (61). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 17–23.
  12. ^ McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 171: "Writer Robert Kanigher's origin of the frayed hero was pieced together into moody, coarse segments by Joe Kubert and Nestor, Frank, and Quico Redondo."
  13. ^ Markstein, Don (2010). "Ragman". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015.
  14. ^ Redondo Studio at the Grand Comics Database
  15. ^ Fago, Vincent, "Nestor Redondo and the Pendulum Classics," in Arthur Conan Doyle: Rosebud Graphic Classics (Eureka Productions, 2002), pp. 4-6.
  16. ^ a b "Nestor Redondo - Christian Comics Pioneer". Christian Comics International. n.d. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013.
  17. ^ "Inkpot Award Winners". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2015.

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Preceded by
n/a
 Rima, the Jungle Girl artist
1974–1975 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Swamp Thing artist
1974–1976 		Succeeded by
Preceded by "Black Orchid" feature
in Phantom Stranger artist
1974–1975 		Succeeded by
Fred Carrillo
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