Comments on: RIP: Jose “Pepe” Gonzalez http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:03:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: richard boom http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3054545 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:50:15 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3054545 http://groovyageofhorror.blogspot.com/2008/07/jose-gonzalezs-vampirella.html this tells it all!!! http://groovyageofhorror.blogspot.com/2008/07/jose-gonzalezs-vampirella.html

this tells it all!!!

]]> by: Shawna Gore http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3052376 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:48:44 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3052376 Jose was one of the very best painters ever to work in comics. He understood not only the fleshy, delicious parts of rendering real-seeming characters, he also just knocked it out of the park in terms of composition, color balance, and all that lovely technical stuff. He will be remembered and missed! Jose was one of the very best painters ever to work in comics. He understood not only the fleshy, delicious parts of rendering real-seeming characters, he also just knocked it out of the park in terms of composition, color balance, and all that lovely technical stuff. He will be remembered and missed!

]]> by: Greg Espinoza http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3051908 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:22:46 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3051908 Very sorry to hear this. Gonzalez version of Vampirella was THE iconic representation of the character. I still have my six-foot tall Vampi poster that I bought from the back of one of the Warren mags when I was a kid. Very sorry to hear this. Gonzalez version of Vampirella was THE iconic representation of the character. I still have my six-foot tall Vampi poster that I bought from the back of one of the Warren mags when I was a kid.

]]> by: Just A Man http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3050521 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:03:48 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3050521 This artist will be sadly missed. His work was great. Had a knack for color, proportion, and design. This artist will be sadly missed. His work was great. Had a knack for color, proportion, and design.

]]> by: Joe Jusko http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3048505 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:31:19 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3048505 A true genius who offered a totally different, much more illustrative take on illustrating comics in the early 70's. As a kid I learned to draw male figures from John Buscema , but I learned to draw women from Jose Gonzalez. A true genius who offered a totally different, much more illustrative take on illustrating comics in the early 70’s. As a kid I learned to draw male figures from John Buscema , but I learned to draw women from Jose Gonzalez.

]]> by: Al http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3047663 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:06:39 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3047663 He did amazing work. I was always impressed as a teen with how he could render Vampi with paint and make her look so real but illustrated. He did amazing work. I was always impressed as a teen with how he could render Vampi with paint and make her look so real but illustrated.

]]> by: cuervoscuro http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3047410 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:52:47 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3047410 Descanse en paz Descanse en paz

]]> by: Rafael Kayanan http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3047154 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:17:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3047154 I share Joe Jusko's sentiments. Seeing Jose Gonzales' work made me aware of the character. His pen and ink work was exquisite. I share Joe Jusko’s sentiments. Seeing Jose Gonzales’ work made me aware of the character. His pen and ink work was exquisite.

]]> by: Jimmy Robinson http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3047139 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:08:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3047139 A true talent and inspiration, not at all matched with what I see on the shelves today. A true talent and inspiration, not at all matched with what I see on the shelves today.

]]> by: michael http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3047104 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:58:08 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3047104 I think I remember some of his vampi art, and that pic nicely exemplifies what Joe J. is praising him for. R.I.P. Jose I think I remember some of his vampi art, and that pic nicely exemplifies what Joe J. is praising him for.

R.I.P. Jose

]]> by: Phil Hester http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3047085 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:51:14 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3047085 A shame. I was a big Vampirella fan at age twelve, just like Joe, but when the fog of puberty cleared I realized I was really more a fan of Jose Gonzalez and Gonzalo Mayo. A shame. I was a big Vampirella fan at age twelve, just like Joe, but when the fog of puberty cleared I realized I was really more a fan of Jose Gonzalez and Gonzalo Mayo.

]]> by: Ed Catto http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3047035 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:36:26 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3047035 What a talent. Never a big Vampi fan - but always found those covers so incredibly sexy - -- and technically strong too. But that "Archive Goodwin" is a funny typo. What a talent. Never a big Vampi fan - but always found those covers so incredibly sexy - — and technically strong too.
But that “Archive Goodwin” is a funny typo.

]]> by: Ed Catto http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3047034 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:36:15 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/17/rip-jose-%e2%80%9cpepe%e2%80%9d-gonzalez/#comment-3047034 What a talent. Never a big Vampi fan - but always found those covers so incredibly sexy - -- and technically strong too. But that "Archive Goodwin" is a funny typo. What a talent. Never a big Vampi fan - but always found those covers so incredibly sexy - — and technically strong too.
But that “Archive Goodwin” is a funny typo.

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