Ric Estrada

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Ric Estrada
Cuban-American
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Inker
AwardsInkpot Award 2000

Ric Estrada (February 26, 1928 – May 1, 2009) was a

storyboarding, and commercial illustration
.

Biography

Early life and career

Ric Estrada was born in

Dan Barry, Sy Barry, Frank Frazetta, Andre LeBlanc, Mort Meskin, Pete Morisi, Don Perlin, and George Roussos.[3]

Comic books

In the 1950s, Estrada penciled and inked "Bunker", the first comic-book story to feature an African-American hero,

Ziff-Davis.[5] In the late fifties he drew almost half the satirical articles of the first two issues of the Mad magazine imitator Frantic.[6] After that he moved to Germany, where he stayed for three years. He did political cartoons for the Spandauer Volksblatt in the morning and did storyboards for the advertising company Deutschen Documentar in the afternoons.[7]

In 1967 and 1968, he drew stories for

Karate Kid,[13] and Super Friends.[14]

Estrada's preference was for the war stories.[9] Among the war titles he worked on for DC Comics was G.I. Combat, for which he illustrated a number of stories in the ongoing features "Blitzkrieg" and "Robert Kanigher's Gallery of War", both written by Robert Kanigher.[15]

While working on G.I. Combat #169 (Feb. 1974), Estrada filled a page shortage with an account from the Book of Ether, a short book of scripture contained in the Book of Mormon. That story came to the attention of Hugh W. Pinnock, who was in charge of creating a comic-style adaptation of the New Testament for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and in 1980 Estrada drew all the pictures for that book.[16][17]

Comic strips and animation

Estrada drew the

Galtar, The New Adventures of Jonny Quest, and Bionic Six.[1]

Death

Estrada died May 1, 2009, at 81, after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer.[5][18]

Awards

Ric Estrada received an Inkpot Award in 2000.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ric Estrada". Lambiek Comiclopedia. March 14, 2008. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Jepson, Theric (April 22, 2009). "Ric Estrada: Call me the "Trailblazer"". Motleyvision.org. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013.
  3. ^ Magnus, Don (n.d.). "Conflict!". Comicartville.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  4. ^ "Social History in Comics: Two-Fisted Tales 30 - "Bunker!"". Out of This World. February 13, 2011. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Evanier, Mark (May 1, 2009). "Ric Estrada, R.I.P." NewsFromMe.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014.
  6. ISBN 978-1631408564
    .
  7. ^ Wagner, Josh (March 2009). "Ric & Seth Estrada". Mormonartist.net. Archived from the original on May 12, 2017.
  8. ^ Ric Estrada at the Grand Comics Database
  9. ^ a b Jepson, Theric (May 13, 2009). "Ric Estrada: Grounded in reality". Motleyvision.org. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013.
  10. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. Writer Denny O'Neil and artist Ric Estrada matched up martial arts hero Richard Dragon with dangerous beauty Lady Shiva in January [1976]. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  11. Amazing World of DC Comics
    . Do you remember how that character was designed? Estrada: Not the exact details, but I do know they liked the way I drew women, because I had done a lot of romance stories. In fact, the first year I worked for DC, I did mostly the romance line. I drew girls sexy but not too muscular like they became later.
  12. ^ McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 169: "Along with artist Ric Estrada, [Gerry] Conway also introduced the DC Universe to the cousin of Earth-2's Superman, Kara Zor-L a.k.a. Power Girl."
  13. ^ McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 170: "Writer Paul Levitz and artist Ric Estrada kicked Karate Kid out of the Legion of Super-Heroes - and the thirtieth century - so that he could headline his own series."
  14. ^ McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 171: "Hanna-Barbera's animated Super Friends proved so successful that DC brought the concept full circle, adapting the show into a comic. Scribe E. Nelson Bridwell and artist Ric Estrada crafted the inaugural issue."
  15. ^ "An Appreciation". Bob Kanigher's Gallery of War (fan site). n.d. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008.
  16. ^ "New Testament". The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. n.d. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013.
  17. ^ Jepson, Theric (April 29, 2009). "Ric Estrada: The beginnings of Mormon comics". A Motley Vision. Motleyvision.org. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013.
  18. ^ Pullen, Travis (May 2, 2009). "Rest In Peace, Ric Estrada". FilmFodder. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011.
  19. ^ "Inkpot Award Winners". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012.

External links

Preceded by Wonder Woman artist
1973–1974 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter artist
1975–1977 		Succeeded by
n/a
Preceded by Blackhawk artist
1976–1977 		Succeeded by
Dan Spiegle
(in 1982)
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