Rafael Marín
Rafael Marín Trechera (Cádiz, Spain, 1959) is a Spanish novelist, translator, comic book writer and co-plotter. He is best known in the United States for his work with artist Carlos Pacheco on the Fantastic Four Vol.3 title in 2000 and 2001, and The Inhumans with José Ladronn and Jorge Lucas. For the Spanish market he wrote the mini-series Iberia Inc and Triada Vértice, as well as the 12-issue historical graphic novels, still in process, 12 del Doce.
Also recorded as Rafael Marin
Rafael Marín
- Born
- 1959. · Cádiz.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- screenwriter, writer, comics artist, comics critic and translator.
- Fields
- comic.
- Honours
- UPC Award, Ignotus Award for Best Short Story, Pablo Rido Award, Ignotus Award for Best Novella and Ignotus Award for Best Novel.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Rafael Marín Trechera (Cádiz, Spain, 1959) is a Spanish novelist, translator, comic book writer and co-plotter. He is best known in the United States for his work with artist Carlos Pacheco on the Fantastic Four Vol.3 title in 2000 and 2001, and The Inhumans with José Ladronn and Jorge Lucas. For the Spanish market he wrote the mini-series Iberia Inc and Triada Vértice, as well as the 12-issue historical graphic novels, still in process, 12 del Doce.
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Novels and anthologies
Novels and anthologies
He is also a well-known scholar on comics history.
• Lágrimas de luz (1984) • Unicornios sin cabeza (1987) • Trilogy La Leyenda del Navegante: Crisei, Arce and Génave (1992) • El muchacho inca (1993) • Ozymandias (1996) • Mundo de dioses (1998) • Contra el tiempo (2001, with Juan Miguel Aguilera) • La piel que te hice en el aire (2001) • La sed de las panteras (2002) • El centauro de piedra (2002) • Detective sin licencia (2004) • Elemental, querido Chaplin (2005) • La leyenda del Navegante (2006, omnibus) • Juglar (2006) • El anillo en el agua (2008) • Piel de fantasma (2010) • La ciudad enmascarada (2011) • El niño de Samarcanda (2011) • Las campanas de Almanzor (2011) • Oceanum (2012, with Juan Miguel Aguilera)) • Los espejos turbios (2012) • Lona de tinieblas (2013) • Está lleno de estrellas (2015) • Mobtel (2015) • Son de piedra y otros relatos (2015) • Don Juan (2015)
Essays on comics
Essays on comics
• Los Cómics Marvel (1996, second edition 2000) • Hal Foster: Una épica post-romántica (2004) • Spider-Man: El superhéroe en nuestro reflejo (2007) • Los cómics del exilio (2008) • W de Watchmen (2009) • Marvel: Crónica de una época (2016)
Life and career
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Life and career
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1959
Rafael Marín was born on 3 February 1959.
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