José Luis Ferrér Rozalen is a Catalan comic artist, who began his career drawing for the action comics published by Galaor and Toray in the 1960s. He drew for collections like 'Batallas Decisivas de la Humanidad', 'Hazañas del Oeste' and 'Hazañas Bélicas', before turning to agency work. He was affiliated with studios like Bulls Press, Union Studio (1975-79) and Recreo (1979-82) and worked for publishing houses in France, Britain, Germany, Sweden and the USA.
He contributed to British collections like 'Battle Picture Library' and drew stories for Starblazer and 2000AD. His US work includes horror stories for Skywald and Charlton titles like 'Beyond the Grave', 'Ghost Manor', 'Creepy Things', 'Monster Hunters' and 'Ghostly Haunts'. He also drew for other Charlton titles, such as 'The Phantom' and 'War Comics'. In Germany he was present in Bastei's horror title 'Gespenster Geschichten' and in 'Bastei Fernseh-Comic'.
José Ferrér is often confused with Pepe Ferré (José Ramon Ferré Elies), the artist of funny animal comics in the 1980s. Both artists did actually grow up together as neighbors in a small town near Tarragona in southern Cataluña. Both artists parted ways however, and José Ferrér left the field of comics in the early 1990s.
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