Jose Villarrubia
@josevillarrubia.bsky.social
Comics artist, illustrator and professor.
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The new volume from Beehive's miraculous Illuminated Editions is an exceptional book by none other than the great Lorenzo Mattotti, the master of masters. I had the incredible opportunity to meet and socialize with him in the past. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bee...
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The new volume from Beehive's miraculous Illuminated Editions is an exceptional book by none other than the great Lorenzo Mattotti, the master of masters. I had the incredible opportunity to meet and socialize with him in the past. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bee...
Guillermo del Toro mentioned he wanted to stage a scene from the novel in his new Frankenstein movie that has never been filmed before. Here are three versions of the scene by Lynd Ward (1934), Bernie Wrightson (1983), and Nino Carbe(1990). Each offers a different interpretation.
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Guillermo del Toro mentioned he wanted to stage a scene from the novel in his new Frankenstein movie that has never been filmed before. Here are three versions of the scene by Lynd Ward (1934), Bernie Wrightson (1983), and Nino Carbe(1990). Each offers a different interpretation.
Reposted by Jose Villarrubia
Very interesting news about an upcoming comic about Matt Baker, an excellent artist of Golden Age comics who was gay and who drew what seems to have been the first graphic novel.
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Ba...
#gay #comics #news
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Ba...
#gay #comics #news
Timothy Schaffert and I are thrilled to collaborate with French artist Jean-Frederic Koné in our upcoming fictionalized bio-comic of Matt Baker. Jean-Frederic has published mostly gay erotic comics. The graphic novel, titled Easy to Love, will be published in 16 months by Mad Cave Comics.
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Very interesting news about an upcoming comic about Matt Baker, an excellent artist of Golden Age comics who was gay and who drew what seems to have been the first graphic novel.
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Ba...
#gay #comics #news
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Ba...
#gay #comics #news
Timothy Schaffert and I are thrilled to collaborate with French artist Jean-Frederic Koné in our upcoming fictionalized bio-comic of Matt Baker. Jean-Frederic has published mostly gay erotic comics. The graphic novel, titled Easy to Love, will be published in 16 months by Mad Cave Comics.
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Timothy Schaffert and I are thrilled to collaborate with French artist Jean-Frederic Koné in our upcoming fictionalized bio-comic of Matt Baker. Jean-Frederic has published mostly gay erotic comics. The graphic novel, titled Easy to Love, will be published in 16 months by Mad Cave Comics.
Reposted by Jose Villarrubia
ICYMI: The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly came to its conclusion this week with issue #4, available now: https://bit.ly/4gDw60w
A decades’ long grudge shows its true face...
By @sispurrier.bsky.social, Stephen Green, @josevillarrubia.bsky.social, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. With @cdprojektred.com
A decades’ long grudge shows its true face...
By @sispurrier.bsky.social, Stephen Green, @josevillarrubia.bsky.social, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. With @cdprojektred.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
ICYMI: The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly came to its conclusion this week with issue #4, available now: https://bit.ly/4gDw60w
A decades’ long grudge shows its true face...
By @sispurrier.bsky.social, Stephen Green, @josevillarrubia.bsky.social, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. With @cdprojektred.com
A decades’ long grudge shows its true face...
By @sispurrier.bsky.social, Stephen Green, @josevillarrubia.bsky.social, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. With @cdprojektred.com
Reposted by Jose Villarrubia
Richard Corben and Jan Strnad's The Last Voyage of Sindbad arrives in a special new edition Spring 2026.
@comicsbulletin.bsky.social has the exclusive details: bit.ly/48LYBHzd
Available next May!
@comicsbulletin.bsky.social has the exclusive details: bit.ly/48LYBHzd
Available next May!
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Richard Corben and Jan Strnad's The Last Voyage of Sindbad arrives in a special new edition Spring 2026.
@comicsbulletin.bsky.social has the exclusive details: bit.ly/48LYBHzd
Available next May!
@comicsbulletin.bsky.social has the exclusive details: bit.ly/48LYBHzd
Available next May!
Come and see me in booth 217!
October 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Come and see me in booth 217!
I’m bringing a few rare copies to the Baltimore Comicon today. Mostly rare hardcovers. If you want to purchase any, please bring cash. And of course, I will sign if for you, as well as anything else you’d like signed. I will be at the CarlaSpeed MacNeil booth from one to two pm. Booth 217.
October 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I’m bringing a few rare copies to the Baltimore Comicon today. Mostly rare hardcovers. If you want to purchase any, please bring cash. And of course, I will sign if for you, as well as anything else you’d like signed. I will be at the CarlaSpeed MacNeil booth from one to two pm. Booth 217.
If you want to meet me to say hi or sign anything, here is where I will be today. I can see you right after. @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social @paulpope1969.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If you want to meet me to say hi or sign anything, here is where I will be today. I can see you right after. @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social @paulpope1969.bsky.social
If you have anything for me to sign and are at NYCC come to the ComiXology booth this afternoon. Saturday, October 11 | 2:00pm-3:00pm – Signing at booth #4454
October 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If you have anything for me to sign and are at NYCC come to the ComiXology booth this afternoon. Saturday, October 11 | 2:00pm-3:00pm – Signing at booth #4454
I have long been obsessed by this panting of Jason and his mentor the centaur Chiron. He looks at Jason, knowing that he would leave now that he is an adult, and is told very simply and poignantly. It is of course by William Russell Flint, from his illustrated edition of The Heroes.
October 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I have long been obsessed by this panting of Jason and his mentor the centaur Chiron. He looks at Jason, knowing that he would leave now that he is an adult, and is told very simply and poignantly. It is of course by William Russell Flint, from his illustrated edition of The Heroes.
The Heroes was illustrated numerous times, including the very best by William Russell Flint. I was very, very lucky to acquire a copy (of 500) after many years. Here's the unforgettable frontispiece, which shows Danae and Perseus being put in the box to drift in the sea.
September 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The Heroes was illustrated numerous times, including the very best by William Russell Flint. I was very, very lucky to acquire a copy (of 500) after many years. Here's the unforgettable frontispiece, which shows Danae and Perseus being put in the box to drift in the sea.
Before I became a comics artist, I was a fine art photographer, and before that, a painter. While finishing my MFA in Painting at Towson University, I created a series of large oils and watercolors. This was the very first one. I painted it when I was 23 years old.
Oil on masonite, 31.5" x 64.5".
Oil on masonite, 31.5" x 64.5".
September 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Before I became a comics artist, I was a fine art photographer, and before that, a painter. While finishing my MFA in Painting at Towson University, I created a series of large oils and watercolors. This was the very first one. I painted it when I was 23 years old.
Oil on masonite, 31.5" x 64.5".
Oil on masonite, 31.5" x 64.5".
Thanks to the Spanish Embassy of Washington DC, we had an amazing mini residency by two brilliant Spanish artists at MICA, Carlos Sanchez and Marc Torices!
September 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Thanks to the Spanish Embassy of Washington DC, we had an amazing mini residency by two brilliant Spanish artists at MICA, Carlos Sanchez and Marc Torices!
I just had the great pleasure of finishing the most complex piece I have ever colored, a new version of George Pérez’s legendary Crisis on Infinite Earths poster. Originally painted by Alex Ross, this new version was inked by Jerry Ordway and digitally colored by me. New Absolute Edition of Crisis!
September 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I just had the great pleasure of finishing the most complex piece I have ever colored, a new version of George Pérez’s legendary Crisis on Infinite Earths poster. Originally painted by Alex Ross, this new version was inked by Jerry Ordway and digitally colored by me. New Absolute Edition of Crisis!
Paul Pope and I did a variant cover for Absolute Batman #12! Coloring Paul is always a blast!
September 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Paul Pope and I did a variant cover for Absolute Batman #12! Coloring Paul is always a blast!
Friends, MICA is hiring a full time faculty member in Illustration. If you are a professional illustrator or comics artist who also loves teaching, I encourage you to apply. Join me and the rest of the faculty, it is a wonderful place to work and teach:
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Full-Time Faculty, Illustration
Welcome to the official site for employment opportunities at MICA. At MICA, we empower our employees to use their talent in a variety of ways. We are pleased that you are interested in career opportun...
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September 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Friends, MICA is hiring a full time faculty member in Illustration. If you are a professional illustrator or comics artist who also loves teaching, I encourage you to apply. Join me and the rest of the faculty, it is a wonderful place to work and teach:
mica.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...
mica.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...
I’m quoted in today’s issue of Forbes.
September 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I’m quoted in today’s issue of Forbes.
Now that I’m halfway through Alien: Earth, I can give it an enthusiastic thumbs up. I’m really enjoying the way the plot is unfolding and the constant surprises. That said, I know some longtime Alien fans may take issue with its world-building and continuity. Personally, I’m not one of them.
August 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Now that I’m halfway through Alien: Earth, I can give it an enthusiastic thumbs up. I’m really enjoying the way the plot is unfolding and the constant surprises. That said, I know some longtime Alien fans may take issue with its world-building and continuity. Personally, I’m not one of them.
Another example of comic restoration. The first story of Razar by Richard Corben appeared in 1970 (top). Corben reformated and relettered it in 1983 (middle). From the original art, I am restoring it for a future edition of the Richard Corben Library (bottom) where it also be relettered.
August 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Another example of comic restoration. The first story of Razar by Richard Corben appeared in 1970 (top). Corben reformated and relettered it in 1983 (middle). From the original art, I am restoring it for a future edition of the Richard Corben Library (bottom) where it also be relettered.
I do love portraits. One of my favorite pieces from my personal collection is this portrait drawing by the German painter August Kraus (1852 - 1917), done in 1888. It is charcoal on paper. (He is not to be confused with the sculptor of the same name)
August 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I do love portraits. One of my favorite pieces from my personal collection is this portrait drawing by the German painter August Kraus (1852 - 1917), done in 1888. It is charcoal on paper. (He is not to be confused with the sculptor of the same name)
As a teenager, these books opened my eyes to the Golden Age of Illustration! After a lifetime of study, I mention them and others in the in-depth essay I wrote for Beehive's new edition of A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys, illustrated by Das Pastoras and with an introduction by Guillermo del Toro!
August 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
As a teenager, these books opened my eyes to the Golden Age of Illustration! After a lifetime of study, I mention them and others in the in-depth essay I wrote for Beehive's new edition of A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys, illustrated by Das Pastoras and with an introduction by Guillermo del Toro!
A great example of color restoration is Necromancer by Richard Corben, which was never reprinted. For years, I considered the colors to be “lost” until a Corben expert shared scans of the original line art and color separations, allowing us to really see what he intended for the first time (right)
August 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
A great example of color restoration is Necromancer by Richard Corben, which was never reprinted. For years, I considered the colors to be “lost” until a Corben expert shared scans of the original line art and color separations, allowing us to really see what he intended for the first time (right)
The other painting I love in my collection is a portrait painted by the German artist Kurt Schwitters during his internment at Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man in 1940–41. It is signed and I cannot believe that I actually own such an important piece...
August 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The other painting I love in my collection is a portrait painted by the German artist Kurt Schwitters during his internment at Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man in 1940–41. It is signed and I cannot believe that I actually own such an important piece...