Luis García Mozos

Luis García Mozos (born 1946) is a Spanish comic book artist.

Career

Early career

More widely known in English as just Luis García, he was born in Puertollano, Spain in 1946. Garcia moved to Barcelona at the age of 10 to focus on his art and became an art apprentice at Editoria Bruguera at the age of 13. In 1961, he joined the well known Spanish agency Selecciones Illustradas and started drawing western and romance comics that were published in Britain. Six years later he joined a group of fellow artists Esteban Maroto, Ramon Torrents, Suso Pena and Adolfo Usero Abellan, who created the series 5 x Infinity. Another story of García's, Welcome to the Witch's Coven (Vampirella #15, January 1972) won the Warren award for best art in a story for 1972.

After meeting artist Salvador Dalí in 1972, Garcia would bring his Warren work to René Goscinny, director of the French magazine Pilote where he was recruited to work for the magazine. Along with writer Víctor Mora, he created the series The Chronicles of the Nameless.

Later career

García's art would later appear in La Isla del Tesoro (1977), La Gran Aventura (1978), Etnocidio (1979) and Chicharras(1985).

Selected bibliography Davy Crocket (1961) 5 Por Infinito (1968) Aventuras en la Selva (1969) Creepy issues 43,46,47 (1972) Eerie issues 41,43 (1972) Vampirella issues 15,17,18,20,21,42-45,47 (1972,1975) Pilote (1973–1980) La Isla del Tesoro (1977) La Gran Aventura (1978) Etnocidio (1979) Totem (1981) Nova 2 - Heavy Metal (1982) Rambla Chicharras (1985)