Daniel Torres

Daniel Torres was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1958. In his hometown, he studied Fine Arts and Architecture. In 1980, portfolio in hand, he went to Barcelona to showcase his work. That same year, he began publishing several short comic stories in the magazine El Víbora and created the character "Angel Clueco" as well as a longer story titled The Fallen Angel, which became his first significant work. In 1982, after a successful collaboration with El Víbora, he published Opium in the magazine Cairo. This comic achieved great success with both Spanish and European readers. The following year, he invented the character "Roco Vargas," a former astronaut turned science fiction novelist. Thus began a long saga that started with Triton. Subsequently, at the pace of one title per year, he wrote and illustrated The Man Who Whispered, then Saxxon, which, together with The Distant Star (in preparation), would form the tetralogy The Hero of the Galaxies. All these works were published in France in (À Suivre). At the same time, Daniel Torres drew many new comics for Cairo as well as Sabotage, an album created directly for the Belgian publishing house Magic Strip, later reissued by Casterman. He then created a work based on the four seasons: The Eighth Day. Some of his early works can be found in the album Olympe and Other Stories. Furthermore, he produced highly interesting works in the fields of posters and advertising. The elegance of his aesthetic, the humor in his scripts, and the spectacular and imaginative nature of his graphic style rank him among the disciples of the Valencian school. Thanks to his characters, Daniel Torres has earned admiration throughout Europe, including the United States. The year 2002 marked Torres' triumphant return with the publication by Norma in France of the continuation of the adventures of Roco Vargas.