'Juan Giménez: 1943-2020
Legendary artist Juan Giménez passed away on April 2nd, 2020 in his
home province of Mendoza, Argentina from COVID-19 complications. Giménez
leaves behind an astounding legacy of story and art, notably his work
with Alejandro Jodorowsky on The Metabarons starting in 1992.
“It was the middle of a sunny day of 1991 in Paris,” Humanoids CEO
Fabrice Giger recalls. “I remember clearly the sparks that suddenly
appeared in Juan’s eyes, while he was listening to Jodorowsky pitching
him The Metabarons. I knew then that Alejandro had won him to
the cause, but I didn’t fully realize that their combined genius was
about to produce the most formidable space opera ever told in comic-book
form.”'
Juan was a very talented, modest, skilled, artist who worked on his craft, a master of sequential art. "He contributed his personal views on the Buscema sketch book and he is missed. An important figure in art and graphic novels."Soltero Juan is probably best known for his work with Jodorowsky on the Metabarons. He died from Corona/Covid-19 complications. Jodorowsky shared his thoughts:“I closely collaborated with Juan Giménez for 10 years and together, we created The Metabarons
saga,” said writer Alejandro Jodorowsky. “What facilitated my task as
we offered him to work on the complex world of the Metabarons was that
he already embodied the immortal No-Name, the last Metabaron. In my
unconscious, Juan Giménez cannot die. He will continue on, drawing like
the master warrior that he was.”
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