Frank Espinosa
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)cartoonist, animator, contemporary artist
Notable works
Rocketo
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Frank Espinosa is an American animator and cartoonist. He has worked extensively for Disney and Warner Bros., having redesigned the Looney Tunes characters in 1992, fashioned a series of Looney Tunes U.S. postage stamps, and designed the Baby Looney Tunes characters, among other achievements.[1][2]

In 2005–2006, Espinosa produced the comic book Rocketo, published by Speakeasy Comics and Image Comics.[3] Espinosa's art can also be seen in a two-part back-up feature starring the Living Totem by writer Zeb Wells in Doc Samson (Marvel Comics) #4–5 (April–May 2006). In 2007, Espinosa drew the first two issues of the Image Comics series Killing Girl.[2]

Espinosa began teaching Character and World Design as part of the Comparative Media Studies program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in fall 2006.[2]

Espinosa was nominated for three 2006 Eisner Awards: Best New Series (Rocketo), Best Continuing Series (Rocketo), and Best Cover Artist.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Stamp Announcement 99-13". Postal Bulletin (21992): 44. 25 February 1999. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Aldama, Frederick Luis (19 October 2012). Your Brain on Latino Comics: From Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez. University of Texas Press. pp. 152–165. ISBN 978-0292749917.
  3. ^ Weiland, Jonah (17 August 2005). "Journey To A New World with "Rocketo" and Creator Frank Espinosa". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  4. ^ Bost, Suzanne; Aparicio, Frances R (2012). "34 Comics". The Routledge Companion To Latino/a Literature. Routledge. p. 363. ISBN 978-1136221606.


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