Jose Villarrubia

About me:

The slideshow above is a presentation of the images in the book The Mirror of Love by Alan Moore and Jose Villarrubia.



Currently working on:

CONAN

YOUNG X MEN

SWEET TOOTH

GHOST RIDER

BATMAN (with Sam Keith)

MANHUNTER

HALO UPRISING

KULL

UNKNOWN SOLDIER





Villarrubia is an artist who has done considerable work in the American comic book industry, particularly as a colorist. Villarrubia's fine art photography has been exhibited in the U.S., Latin America and Europe, and it is part of the permanent collection of institutions such as the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Inter-American Development Bank. He is a professor in the Illustration Department of the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has also taught at Towson University, the Baltimore School for the Arts and the Walters Art Museum. He has lectured extensively about art at Johns Hopkins University, the College Art Association, Dickinson College, the Institute of Contemporary Arts|ICA in London, the Williem de Kooning Academy, the Naples Academy of Art, and the MacWorld UK Convention.

Current work includes: Illustrating The Book of Copulations, an introduction to magic in everyday life written by Alan Moore, developing Alan Moore's Tarot deck, coloring for all the major US comics companies (Crossing Midnight for DC, Ghost Rider and Silver Surfer for Marvel, City of Others and Conan for Dark Horse) and a couple European projects (La Chica Bionica by Paul Pope for Dargaud Belgium)