Manfred Sommer

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Manfred Sommer
BornMay 27, 1933
San Sebastian, Spain
DiedOctober 3, 2007(2007-10-03) (aged 74)
NationalitySpanish
Area(s)artist, writer
Notable works
Frank Cappa

Manfred Sommer (May 27, 1933 – October 3, 2007 [1] ) was a Spanish comics artist, best known for the reporter comics series Frank Cappa.

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Career

Sommer was born at San Sebastián.

He began his career as an informal pupil of Jesus Blasco, and received creative support from the Blasco family during his young years. [2] Sommer's main influences were Milton Caniff, Frank Robbins and Hugo Pratt. [1]

Sommer created the series El Lobo Solitario, Polux, and El Tigre, before launching his first great success in 1981, Frank Cappa, which was published in the comics magazine Cimoc. [1] Joining the Spanish creators such as Jordi Bernet, Antonio Segura, Leopold Sánchez and José Ortiz, Sommer was part of the ambitious though short-lived Metropol initiative which published three magazines in the early 1980s, Metropol, Mocambo and KO cómics. [3]

Bibliography of French titles

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References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Manfred Sommer".
  2. SpaceRockHeaters. "Si yo fuera Frank Cappa" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-05-27.
  3. murciacomic.com. "Ortiz" (in Spanish).