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| Luis Royo |
| Luis Royo photography books. Soon after he was born,
Royo's family moved to Zaragoza, where he first attended school, and where
his first memories come from, with drawing already playing a prominent part
of his life. In his first memory, he is sitting in front of the large school
windows, and tracing the drawings that his teacher gave him. On discovering
adult comics with the work of artists such as Enki Bilal and Moebius, in
1978 he began to draw comic strips. In 1979 he left his job to dedicate
himself entirely to comics. In 1981 and 1982 his work was published in
magazines such as 1984, Comix international, Rambla and in El Víbora and
Heavy Metal. American magazines such as Heavy Metal and National Lampoon
often turned to Luis Royo for their cover illustrations, as well European
magazines like Cimoc, Comic Art, Ere Comprime, Total Metal and others.
However, his work was not just restricted to magazine covers as he was also
asked to make covers for videos and computer games. After a long series of
well-regarded works, the publication of the first volume of the PROHIBITED
books, with a surprising erotic content in which the tale of Beauty and the
Beast takes on a major importance. These deluxe works offers images which
are as sensual as they are elegant. |
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