Antonio Parras
(Juan Antonio Parras Monlat)
(b. 2/2/1929, Spain)
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Before turning to comics, Antonio Parras had several jobs, such as assistant chemist, secretary of a lawyer and as a retoucher in a printing house. His first comics were published in the Spanish magazines El Globo ('El Duende') and KKO ('La Dama del Antifaz'), both of the publishing house De Haro. He also worked for Bruguera for a while. He moved to Paris in 1955, where he began working for the World Press and Édi-France agencies. He did several 'Belles Histoires de l'Oncle Paul' for Spirou, as well as 'Grands Noms de l'Histoire de France' in Pistolin, both scripted by Jean-Michel Charlier. In 1956, he drew 'Alerte au Gabon' in Risque-Tout, and he began doing illustrations in Line, Sonnia, Ici-Paris, Bonjour Bonheur and Vaillant.
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Parras joined the magazine Pilote in 1960. There, he did an adaptation of Walter Scott's 'Ivanhoé' in cooperation with the scenarist George Fronval. Afterwards, he illustrated 'Billy Hattaway' (text by Jean Letouze) and 'Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Jeudy' (text by Duchâteau), as well as several short stories. He also began his series 'Ian Mac Donald' in this magazine, with text by Guy Vidal (1969). From 1975 to 1978, he created 'Les Mystères de Chinatown' in Tintin with writer François Truchaud. After some publications in Télé-Junior and Amis-Coop, Parras began the gangster series 'Les Inoxydables' with text by Victor Mora in Charlie Mensuel in 1982.
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He appeared in Hello Bédé with 'La Dernière Lune' in 1992 (text by Rodolphe and Le Tendre), and he cooperated on the collective album 'Transports Fripons' at Les Humanoïdes Associés. In 1993, he teamed up with Patrick Cothias, and created 'La Lièvre de Mars' at Glénat. Ten years later, Parras began 'Le Méridien des Brumes' with text by Eric Juszezak at Dargaud.
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