Spanish comic book artist (born 1974)
Daniel Acuña (born 1974) is a Spanish
comic book artist.
Early life
In
college, Daniel Acuña studied
painting and graduated with a degree in
Fine Arts. He cites his early influences as
Jack Kirby, the Romitas (
Senior and
Junior),
Will Eisner,
Simon Bisley,
Kevin Nowlan,
Hal Foster, and his favorite,
Richard Corben, along with fine artists such as
Edward Hopper, and
Alfons Mucha, as well as illustrator
Drew Struzan.
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Career
His first published work was a 22-page black and white project, Claus & Simon in Hollywood, with fellow artist
Santi Arcas, which was bought by Spanish publisher
La Cupula when Acuña was 22. This work was followed by Claus & Simon: Freakshow, and Claus & Simon: Disaster Box. The "Claus & Simon" series is about the adventures of a clown and an anthropomorphic dinosaur. The last story was done for the French market and later reprinted in the popular
American magazine
Heavy Metal (under the title Claus & Simon: Kings of Escape).
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Claus & Simon increased Acuña's profile in
Europe, and he received work painting the covers for European paperback reprints of
Alan Moore's
Supreme (#2-6), which led to Acuña's decision to try to break into the American market while still remaining active in the European comics industry.
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Acuña's first work in the American comics industry was for
Marvel Comics, on a
miniseries for
Axel Alonso that was never completed or published.
DC Comics editor
Eddie Berganza later hired him to paint pictures of
Ravager and
Blackfire for
Teen Titans/
Outsiders Secret Files. This work got Acuña noticed by
Mark Chiarello, who suggested him to editors
Mike Carlin and
Joan Hilty as a cover artist for the
Justice League of America and
Outsiders series.
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Although only doing American-market covers up until this point, Acuña made the move to interior art with
Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters, on which he did the covers,
pencils,
inks, graytones and even character design, working with European
colorist
Javi Montes.
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In late 2005, it was announced that Acuña had signed a two-year exclusive contract with
DC Comics.
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[3] However, in 2007 it was announced that Acuña had signed an exclusive contract with
Marvel Comics, to start in 2008, and would be leaving
DC Comics.
[4] Acuña had previously only done covers for Marvel; his first interior work for the publisher was
The Eternals, which debuted June 2008.
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In 2010 Acuña drew the Black Widow ongoing series with writer
Marjorie Liu.
In October 2015 he and writer
Nick Spencer started the series Captain America: Sam Wilson.
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Personal life
Acuña is currently based in
Águilas,
Spain.
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Bibliography
Interior comic work includes:
-
Claus & Simon (with
Santiago Arcas):
- ... en Hollywood (In Hollywood) (
La Cúpula,
graphic novel, 1998)
- Feria de monstruos (Freakshow) (La Cúpula, graphic novel, 2000)
- Cajón de Sastre (The Disaster Box) (La Cúpula, graphic novel, 2001)
- "Rois de l'evasion (Kings of Escape)" (in
L'Écho des savanes #237-244,
anthology, 2004)
-
9-11 Volume 1: "Nothing but You on My Mind" (with
Art Brooks, anthology graphic novel, Dark Horse, 2002)
-
French Kiss Comix #5: "Plan 69 from Outer Space" (script and art, anthology, La Cúpula, 2002)
- Roy Thomas' Anthem #1, 3 (with
Roy Thomas,
Heroic Publishing, 2006)
-
Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters (with
Justin Gray and
Jimmy Palmiotti,
DC Comics):
- "Prelude" (in Brave New World anthology
one-shot, 2006)
- Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters #1-8 (2006–2007)
-
Green Lantern vol. 4 #18-20: "Mystery of the Star Sapphire" (with
Geoff Johns, DC Comics, 2007)
-
Flash (with
Mark Waid, DC Comics):
- All-Flash (final two pages, one-shot, 2007)
- "The Wild Wests" (in vol. 2 #231-232, 2007)
-
The Eternals vol. 4 #1-6 (with
Daniel Knauf and
Charles Knauf,
Marvel, 2008–2009)
-
Young X-Men #11-12: "End of Days" (with
Marc Guggenheim and
Rafa Sandoval, Marvel, 2009)
-
Uncanny X-Men (Marvel):
-
X-Men: Legacy #228-230, Annual #1 (with
Mike Carey, Marvel, 2009–2010)
-
The New Avengers (with
Brian Michael Bendis, Marvel):
- "Siege" (with
Stuart Immonen, in vol. 1 #61-62, 2010)
- "Infinity" (in vol. 2 #8, 2011)
-
Captain America #611: "Trial, Part One" (with
Ed Brubaker, Marvel, 2010)
-
Black Widow vol. 4 #1-5: "The Name of the Rose" (with
Marjorie Liu, Marvel, 2010)
-
Wolverine vol. 4 #6-9: "Wolverine vs. the X-Men" (with
Jason Aaron, Marvel, 2011)
-
X-Men: Schism #3 (with Jason Aaron, Marvel, 2011)
-
The Avengers (Marvel):
- "
Shattered Heroes" (with Brian Michael Bendis, in vol. 4 #18-20 and 23-24, 2011–2012)
- "The Origin of the Avengers" (with
Robbie Thompson, co-feature in vol. 1 #672, 2017)
-
Uncanny Avengers vol. 1 #6-11, 13, 18-22, 25 and vol. 2 #1-5 (with
Rick Remender, Marvel, 2013–2015)
-
Sam Wilson: Captain America #1-3, 7, 11-13, 18, 21 (with
Nick Spencer,
Mike Choi (#3) and
Angel Unzueta (#7), Marvel, 2015–2017)
-
Avengers: Standoff — Assault on Pleasant Hill Omega (with Nick Spencer and Angel Unzueta, one-shot, Marvel, 2016)
-
Civil War II #8 (with Brian Michael Bendis, among other artists, Marvel, 2017)
-
Secret Empire #0, 8 (with Nick Spencer,
Rod Reis and
Sean Izaakse (#8), Marvel, 2017)
-
Marvel Legacy (with Jason Aaron and various artists, one-shot, Marvel, 2017)
-
The Mighty Thor #700 (with Jason Aaron, among other artists, Marvel, 2017)
-
Invincible Iron Man #600 (with Brian Michael Bendis, among other artists, Marvel, 2018)
-
Black Panther (Marvel):
- "Panther's Heart" (with
Don McGregor, in vol. 5 Annual #1, 2018)
- "The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda" (with
Ta-Nehisi Coates, in vol. 7 #1-5, 13-ongoing, 2018–...)
-
Marvel Comics Presents vol. 3 #3: "Home of the Brave" (with
Andrew Aydin, anthology, Marvel, 2019)
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Marvel Comics #1000: "Mystery Lessons" (with
Al Ewing, anthology, Marvel, 2019)
-
Doctor Strange vol. 5 #10: "Perchance" (with Mark Waid, co-feature, Marvel, 2019)
Covers only
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La Poudre aux Rêves #96, 99 (
La Cúpula, 2002)
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The Outsiders #28-34, 36-41 (
DC Comics, 2005–2006)
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JLA #120-125 (DC Comics, 2005–2006)
-
Captain Universe/
Hulk #1 (
Marvel, 2006)
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Captain Universe/
Daredevil #1 (Marvel, 2006)
-
Captain Universe/
X-23 #1 (Marvel, 2006)
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Captain Universe/
Invisible Woman #1 (Marvel, 2006)
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Captain Universe/
Silver Surfer #1 (Marvel, 2006)
-
Doc Samson #1 (Marvel, 2006)
-
Crisis Aftermath:
The Battle for Blüdhaven #1-6 (DC Comics, 2006)
- The
Infinite Crisis novelization (
Berkley Publishing Group, 2006)
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Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special #1 (DC Comics, 2007)
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Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #7-8 (DC Comics, 2007)
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The Flash vol. 2 #235 (DC Comics, 2008)
-
Hulk #1 (Marvel, 2008)
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Dark Reign: New Nation #1 (Marvel, 2009)
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The Dark Tower:
Treachery #5 (Marvel, 2009)
-
Wizard #209 (
Wizard, 2009)
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Dark Avengers #3 (Marvel, 2009)
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Nova vol. 4 #23-28 (Marvel, 2009)
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X-Men: Legacy #225 (Marvel, 2009)
-
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #17 (Marvel, 2009)
-
All Winners Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (Marvel, 2009)
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Dark Wolverine #78 (Marvel, 2009)
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Second Coming: Prepare #1 (Marvel, 2010)
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Captain America #615.1 (Marvel, 2011)
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Fear Itself: Wolverine #1 (Marvel, 2011)
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I am an Avenger #4 (Marvel, 2011)
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FF #1-4, 8-9 (Marvel, 2011)
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The Avengers vol. 4 #21, 25 (Marvel, 2012)
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Uncanny Avengers #1 (Marvel, 2012)
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First X-Men #4 (Marvel, 2013)
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Thor: God of Thunder #1-3 (Marvel, 2013)
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The Avengers vol. 5 #3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22-24 (Marvel, 2013–2014)
-
Deadpool vol. 3 #3 (Marvel, 2013)
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Winter Soldier #14 (Marvel, 2013)
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Journey into Mystery #650 (Marvel, 2013)
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The Mighty Avengers vol. 2 #4 (Marvel, 2014)
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The Legendary Star-Lord #6 (Marvel, 2015)
-
Star Wars vol. 4 #1 (Marvel, 2015)
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Sam Wilson: Captain America #5, 10, 17, 19-20 (Marvel, 2016–2017)
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Avengers: Standoff — Welcome to Pleasant Hill #1 (Marvel, 2016)
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The Avengers vol. 7 #1 (Marvel, 2017)
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Captain America: Steve Rogers #16 (Marvel, 2017)
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Invincible Iron Man vol. 3 #9 (Marvel, 2017)
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Spider-Men II #1 (Marvel, 2017)
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Star Wars vol. 4 #34 (Marvel, 2017)
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X-Men Blue #11 (Marvel, 2017)
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Falcon #3 (Marvel, 2018)
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Inhumans: Judgment Day #1 (Marvel, 2018)
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Rogue and Gambit #1 (Marvel, 2018)
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The Avengers #675 (Marvel, 2018)
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Daredevil #600 (Marvel, 2018)
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Conan the Barbarian #1 (Marvel, 2019)
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Black Panther vol. 6 #9-12 (Marvel, 2019)
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The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 5 #23 (Marvel, 2019)
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