{"id":20256,"date":"2020-04-03T12:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T17:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=20256"},"modified":"2020-04-03T12:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T17:33:00","slug":"humanoids-on-the-passing-of-metabarons-artist-juan-gimenez-from-covid-19-complications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2020\/04\/03\/humanoids-on-the-passing-of-metabarons-artist-juan-gimenez-from-covid-19-complications\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanoids on the passing of METABARONS artist Juan Gim\u00e9nez from COVID-19 complications."},"content":{"rendered":"

Juan Gim\u00e9nez: 1943-2020<\/p>\n

Legendary artist Juan Gim\u00e9nez passed away on April 2nd, 2020 in his home province of Mendoza, Argentina from COVID-19 complications. Gim\u00e9nez leaves behind an astounding legacy of story and art, notably his work with Alejandro Jodorowsky on The Metabarons starting in 1992.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was the middle of a sunny day of 1991 in Paris,\u201d Humanoids CEO Fabrice Giger recalls. \u201cI remember clearly the sparks that suddenly appeared in Juan\u2019s 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\u2019t fully realize that their combined genius was about to produce the most formidable space opera ever told in comic-book form.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“I closely collaborated with Juan Gim\u00e9nez for 10 years and together, we created The Metabarons saga,\u201d\u00a0 said writer Alejandro Jodorowsky. \u201cWhat 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 Gim\u00e9nez cannot die. He will continue on, drawing like the master warrior that he was.”<\/p>\n

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Spanning eight books released through 2003, The Metabarons expands the mythos of the titular character from the pages of Jodorowsky and M\u0153bius\u2019 The Incal, introducing a legacy of near-immortal galactic warriors. Harmonizing with Jodorowsky, Gim\u00e9nez brought a profound weight and emotional realism through his lush, expansive art. No concept\u2014from cybernetic implants to sprawling planets made of marble\u2014fell outside of his master vision. His uncanny talent of contrasting dense machinery and mammoth ships against lost souls navigating immense conflicts cemented Gim\u00e9nez as an internationally beloved figure.<\/p>\n

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“I closely collaborated with Juan Gim\u00e9nez for 10 years. Together, we created The Metabarons saga,\u201d Jodorowsky reflects. \u201cWhat 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 Gim\u00e9nez cannot die. He will continue on, drawing like the master warrior that he was.”<\/p>\n

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Gim\u00e9nez began his journey in Argentina drawing for such comic book publishers as Colomba and Record before segueing to Spanish magazines Zona 84 and Comix International. His first French release, 1979\u2019s Leo Roa (also published under the title The Starr Conspiracy), detailed the comedic adventures of a planet-hopping journalist. A year later he served as a creative designer on the film Heavy Metal, working on the segment \u201cHarry Canyon.\u201d He would spend the next decade contributing to the French genre magazine M\u00e9tal\u00a0 Hurlant as well as the Italian publication L’Eternauta among others.<\/p>\n

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His 1991 work, The Fourth Power, foreshadowed The Metabarons with a teeming, violent universe, following a military pilot as she discovers her identity throughout a cosmic war and betrayal. More recently, Gim\u00e9nez collaborated with authors including Carlos Trillo, Emilio Balcarce, and Roberto Dal Pr\u00e0.<\/p>\n

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Gim\u00e9nez is internationally recognized for his work, winning The Yellow Kid Award for Best Foreign Artist at the 1990 Lucca International Comic Fair as well as the Gaudia award at the Feria Internacional del Comics de Barcelone that same year. Other accolades include the 1994 Bulle D\u2019Or.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere are many artists who are adored by their fans, but only a select few are equally revered by their peers,\u201d said Humanoids U.S. Publisher Mark Waid. \u201cJuan Gim\u00e9nez was the latter, able to give us not only epic moments of space opera but subtle and moving moments of humanity. Worldwide, the comics community mourns for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Exploring the stars will be infinitely more lonely without this luminary talent and incredible human being. Rest in peace, Juan.<\/p>\n

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