Gabriel Rodriguez

Gabriel Rodriguez studied at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The recorded working language is Spanish and English. Works named in the authority record are Locke & Key and Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland. Distinctions recorded are Eisner Award for Best Limited Series.

• Birth Name — Gabriel Rodríguez Pérez • Born — 1974 • Birthplace — Santiago • Area — Penciller, Inker • Notable Works — Locke & Key

Rodríguez Pérez was born in Santiago de Chile, son of Gabriel Rodríguez Lazcano and journalist María Eugenia Pérez.

Before starting a career as comic artist, he studied Architecture at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile where he got his degree and also a M.Arch. Due to the small scale of the comics market in Chile, Rodríguez had to work part-time as architect while drawing comics for art's sake or some extra income. His first commission was a set of illustrations for Mitos y Leyendas (Myths and Legends), a collectible cards game by SALO Publishing. Rodríguez spent 4 years working for them until he got a call from the US producers of the CSI TV series and IDW Publishing crew, to make a comic version of the series. From then on he was able to work full-time as a comic artist. Rodriguez was subsequently introduced to writer Joe Hill, author and son of Stephen King. Together they spawned the Locke & Key series, which earned Rodríguez his first Eisner Award nomination. After that, Rodríguez was commissioned by DC Comics to draw Adventures of Superman (2013) and IDW's Little Nemo, Return to Slumberland, which earned him another Eisner Award nomination. In April 2022, Rodriguez was reported among the more than three dozen comics creators who contributed to Operation USA's benefit anthology book, Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds, a project spearheaded by IDW Publishing Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier, whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Rodriguez teamed up with writer Mark Waid to produce an original story with new characters created specifically for the anthology.

Gabriel Rodriguez is recorded with the occupation comics artist. Recorded as a citizen of Chile.