Today’s walk into Graphic Literature will be a simple one. A retrospective about one man and it will be short. We’re headed to Romania. No fluff, let’s get to it.
Sandu 
Florea (1946-).1 His career goes back to 1968 with a children’s magazine Luminiţa and a series, Păcală.
Perhaps what is truly his moment in Romanian comics’ history comes in 1973 with Galbar. This is thought to be the first science fiction comic book in Romania. Considering all the art I’ve seen while researching for this article that’s saying a lot.
He wasn’t simply a science fiction guy. Part of his large catalog in Romania is the retelling of Romanian history through Graphic Literature, winning a Eurocon, science fiction convention, award in 1980.
Problems began for him in communist Romania when in around 1984 he requested to leave for the United States where his two brothers were living. His right to publish was revoked and he had to use pen names to work. After the 1989 revolution, he returned under his own name.
Not long after we find him in New York. And soon after he was inking comics for Marvel Comics such as Conan, Spider-Man, Thor, Captain America, and many others. What’s an inker? You have an artist/drawer/penciler who draws the books, then the inker goes over those lines to make them look finished and polished and so the printing can actually pick up the images. He even did work at DC on the characters Superman and Batman. Some might be surprised to hear he also worked on two books for Dark Horse Comics called Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
When asked what has been his favorite title or character to work on Florea did not hesitate to say Batman, having worked on Batman R.I.P. and other stories. This according to an interview at the 2011 New York City Comic Con.2
And he’s still going strong today.
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References
1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandu_Florea
2 http://reviewfix.com/2011/10/review-fix-2011-new-york-city-comic-con-coverage-interview-with-batman-inker-sandu-florea/
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I do some digital inking/coloring for my wife and daughter on some of their art projects, and so I have a great appreciation for that sort of work. Of course inkers are very much artists in their own right; but I understand how important (for better or for worse) it can be. I say this because others have done this for me, the one example I can think of was a HS student project, and I was a little bit bummed because my classmate lost some of the nuance I was trying to achieve. (It wasn’t for an art class, but a government one. But an art buddy classmate appreciated what I was doing.)
I’m sure you’re aware that this sort of work has importance in animation, as well, maybe more so because a lot of workers have to emulate the style of a lead artist, and keep it consistent.
I guess it’s in the blood, Ronovan. Don Bluth is one of my father’s cousins.
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Ohhh I am beyond jelaus of your comic book collection. Not only do you have the anne rice ones, but buffy as well! I got buffy season 8 on dvd. I am the ultimate Buffy fan. I just love the Buffy verse. 🙂
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Interesting! I still have a lot to learn about how comics are made, even though I love reading them. Thank you, great post!
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