Jose Ortiz

Jose Ortiz
Name	Jose Ortiz
Pseudonyms	José Ortiz; Jose Moya
Personal Information
Gender	Male
Date of Birth	Unknown
Place of Death	Valencia, Spain
Professional Information
Employers	Comic Art; Editorial Maga; Epicenter Comics; Eura Editoriale; Fleetway; Sergio Bonelli Editore; Toray; Warren Publishing
Titles	Penciler, Inker, Cover Artist
First Work	Unknown

Professional History

José Ortiz Moya (born September 1, 1932, Cartagena) is a Spanish comics artist, best known for several collaborations with Antonio Segura, such as the series Hombre.

Biography

José Ortiz Moya career began at an early age, winning an artistic tournament held by the Spanish magazine Chicos. After a period of making pocket sized comics, he created the series Sigur el Vikingo and Johnny Fogata in 1959, and Carolynn Baker for the English newspaper Daily Express in 1962.

Ortiz joined Warren Publishing in 1974 due to his connections with the Valencia studio of Selecciones Illustrada. He would remain with Warren until 1983 and drew more stories for that company (approximately 120) than any other artist.[2] His work included the series Apocalypse, Night of the Jackass and Coffin in Eerie, as well as Pantha in Vampirella and numerous stand alone stories. Ortiz would also draw Vampirella herself in issues 35 and 36 of that title. He won the award for 'Best All Around Artist' at Warren in 1974. A sample of Jose Ortiz's work, from Eerie #65Following this period in the U.S. comics industry making horror comics, he returned to Spain and formed a lasting and fertile working partnership with Antonio Segura in 1981, initiated by the serial publication of Hombre, a post-apocalyptic saga, in the magazine Cimoc.

By 1983, Ortiz and Segura joined with several other artists including Leopold Sánchez, Manfred Sommer and Jordi Bernet, to form the short-lived publishing house Metropol with the artists' interest in mind, responsible for three comics magazines, Metropol, Mocambo and KO cómics.

During the 1980s Ortiz also produced work for a number of British publications including The Tower King and The House of Daemon for Eagle and The Thirteenth Floor for Scream!.

In addition to the continued run of Hombre, Ortiz and Segura created Ives and Las Mil Caras de Jack el Destripador (The Thousand Faces of Jack the Ripper) the following years, later renaming Ives to Morgan. In 1987, they began the humorous sci-fi series Burton & Cyb, followed in 1990 by the series Juan el Largo.

Since 1993, Ortiz has focused on the Italian comics market, illustrating stories for Tex Willer, Ken Parker and Magico Vento.

Art Credits

Creepy

• Desecration - Creepy 66 (1974)
• Excerpts From The Year Five - Creepy 67 (1974)
• The Pit and the Pendulum - Creepy 69 (1975)
• The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Creepy 70 (1975)
• Playpen of a God! - Creepy 73 (1975)
• Purge! - Creepy 73 (1975)
• The Escape Chronicle - Creepy 75 (1975)
• Goodbye, Mr. Lincoln - Creepy 76 (1976)
• Once Upon a Miracle - Creepy 77 (1976)
• The Last Chronicle - Creepy 80 (1976)
• Harvey Was a Sharp Cookie - Creepy 83 (1976)
• Orem Ain't Got No Head Cheese - Creepy 85 (1977)
• Castles Made of Sand - Creepy 88 (1977)
• Warrior on the Edge of Forever - Creepy 89 (1977)
• The Oasis Inn - Creepy 95 (1978)
• Blood Brothers - Creepy 96 (1978)
• The Wax Werewolf - Creepy 97 (1978)
• *The Alien Factor - Creepy 98 (1978)
• The Image Makers - Creepy 98 (1978)
• Brothers - Creepy 99 (1978)
• Tale of a Fox - Creepy 100 (1978)
• Mother Park - Creepy 104 (1979)
• Take Your Child, Please! - Creepy 110 (1979)

Eerie

• 24 Hours of Hell! - Eerie 60 (1974)
• Death Wish! - Eerie 61 (1974)
• The War - Eerie 62 (1975)
• Storm Before the Calm! - Eerie 63 (1975)
• The Famine - Eerie 63 (1975)
• The Children's Hour - Eerie 64 (1975)
• The Plague - Eerie 64 (1975)
• Endstorm - Eerie 65 (1975)
• The Death - Eerie 65 (1975)
• Death's Dark Colors - Eerie 67 (1975)
• Half Walk - Eerie 68 (1975)
• The Final Sunrise - Eerie 70 (1975)
• Goblin - Eerie 71 (1976)
• Daddy Was A Demon Man - Eerie 72 (1976)
• The Demons of Jebediah Pan - Eerie 74 (1976)
• The Demons of Jebediah Cold - Eerie 75 (1976)
• The Demons of Nob Hill - Eerie 77 (1976)
• The Demon of Father Pain - Eerie 77 (1976)
• The Invisible One - Eerie 80 (1977)
• Starchild - Eerie 81 (1977)
• Castle of the Assassin - Eerie 82 (1977)
• Kansas City Bomber - Eerie 83 (1977)
• Brass Monkey - Eerie 84 (1977)
• Gonna Nuke Mankind Right Outa My Hair - Eerie 85 (1977)
• The Black Demon's Sword - Eerie 87 (1977)
• The Key - Eerie 88 (1977)
• The Magician's Tower - Eerie 89 (1978)
• The Fianchetto Affair or: A Matter of Great Delicacy - Eerie 90 (1978)
• Against the Sun - Eerie 91 (1978)
• Cold Sweat - Eerie 92 (1978)
• Suzanna Don't You Cry - Eerie 92 (1978)
• Kingdom of Ash - Eerie 93 (1978)
• Harrow House - Eerie 95 (1978)
• Hickey and the Pirates! - Eerie 99 (1979)
• Harrow House - Eerie 99 (1979)
• The Earthquake Stick - Eerie 102 (1979)
• Arianne - Eerie 103 (1979)
• Vladimir - Eerie 104 (1979)
• Vladimir - Eerie 104 (1979)
• Cover - Eerie 106 (1979)
• Francois - Eerie 110 (1980)
• Cousin Eerie Introduction - Eerie 113 (1980)
• The Demon Queen - Eerie 128 (1982)

Vampirella

• The Blood Gulper - Vampirella 35 (1974)
• Vampire of the Nile - Vampirella 36 (1974)
• The Wickford Witches - Vampirella 41 (1975)
• There Are No Children in Hungry Hollow, Tennesse - Vampirella 45 (1975)
• Star-Bright Lantern 909 - Vampirella 48 (1976)
• The Thing in Denny Colt's Grave - Vampirella 50 (1976)
• Stake-Out! - Vampirella 52 (1976)
• The Free Lancer - Vampirella 56 (1976)
• The Christmas Flower - Vampirella 58 (1977)
• Funeral Day - Vampirella 59 (1977)
• Wish You Were Here - Vampirella 60 (1977)
• Mystery of the Strangled Stockbroker - Vampirella 65 (1977) and Vampirella 66 (1978)
• The Blazer - Vampirella 66 (1978)
• By Degrees - Vampirella 68 (1978)
• Reagan Redux - Vampirella 69 (1978)
• Mask of Ugin - Vampirella 70 (1978)
• Invasion of the Cyclops Monsters - Vampirella 72 (1978)
• Sasquatch Love - Vampirella 75 (1979)
• Passion - Vampirella 78 (1979)
• Night of the Squid - Vampirella 79 (1979)
• Transference - Vampirella 80 (1979) (1979)
• The Talent of Michael Crawley - Vampirella 88 (1980)
• Sight Unseen - Vampirella 89 (1980)
• Second Coming! - Vampirella 92 (1980)
• Druids on 54th Street! - Vampirella 94 (1981)
• Reflections in Blood! - Vampirella 95 (1981)
• Night of the Cat Goddess - Vampirella 96 (1981)
• A Night Full of Zombies! - Vampirella 97 (1981)
• The Haitian Connection - Vampirella 98 (1981)
• The Lair of Dr. Rictus! - Vampirella 99 (1981)
• A Night Full of Zombies Chapter Four - Vampirella 101 (1981)
• A Night Full of Zombies Chapter Five - Vampirella 102 (1982)
• The Final Solution - Vampirella 103(1982)
• Death Snare! - Vampirella 104(1982)
• On the Trail of the Cat - Vampirella 106(1982)
• Circus Monstrous - Vampirella 108(1982)

1984/1994

• Last of the Really Great, All-American Joy Juice - 1984 1 (1978)
• The Last of the Red Hot Lovers - 1984 2 (1978)
• Squeezin's! - 1984 3 (1978)
• The Harvest - 1984 3 (1978)
• The Last War... ...Of the Worlds! - 1984 4 (1978)
• The Greatest Hero of Time and Space! - 1984 5 (1979)
• The Warhawks - 1984 6 (1979)
• Freeze A Jolly Good Fellow! - 1984 7 (1979)
• The Little Spaceship That Could! - 1984 10 (1979)
• The Jewels of Aracknid - 1994 11 (1980)
• The Crop! - 1994 13 (1980)
• The Benevolence! - 1994 14 (1980)
• Mad Amy - 1994 17 (1981)
• kid rust - 1994 17 (1981)

The Rook

• Viking Prince - The Rook 5 (1980)
• Viking Prince - The Rook 6 (1980)
• Uncle Zorro - The Rook 11 (1981)

Writing Credits

The Rook

• Viking Prince - The Rook 5 (1980)
• Viking Prince - The Rook 6 (1980)

Work History

• 4 work(s) where "Jose Ortiz" worked on a cover
• 110 work(s) that "Jose Ortiz" penciled
• 16 work(s) that "Jose Ortiz" inked

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