Biography

RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE (comic book artist; Spain)

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Rafael Albuquerque is a Brazilian comic book artist and writer. He was born in Porto Alegre. Albuquerque began his professional career working in advertising, doing work for local companies. He began his comic book career in 2002, after posting his portfolio on the Internet.

He has been working in the American comic book industry since 2005. Albuquerque first gained the notice of U.S. comics readers with his work as the regular artist on the DC Comics series BLUE BEETLE. The series proved to be a challenge to Albuquerque, who thought the mainstream superhero book was not well-suited to his darker style and approached the book by employing fewer heavy blacks and ink splats, and a more "cartoony" storytelling style.

In 2010 Albuquerque began illustrating AMERICAN VAMPIRE, a horror series published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, the first five issues of which consisted of two separate stories, one by Scott Snyder and one by Stephen King. Albuquerque illustrated the two stories with different styles, representative of both the personalities of the characters and the eras in which they were set. The first hardcover collection appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list, and the series won IGN's Best of 2010 Award, 2011 Eisner Award and the 2011 Harvey Award, all of them for Best New Series.

He is well known for his work on ALL STAR BATMAN, ANIMAL MAN and BATGIRL, he has also published the creator-owned books MONDO URBANO, EIGHT and HUCK.

Rafael Albuquerque has accepted an invitation to Comic-Con Prague from The Embassy of Brazil in Prague. Thank you.