This past week Spanish comic artist Jose María Ortiz Tafalla passed age 92.
José María Ortiz Tafalla was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1932 and his comic career began in the 1950's. Apart from drawing almost 40 stories for the German Bastei publisher with writer Peter Mennigen he also has worked on other titles like Masters of the Universe, Roy Clark, Tenax, Disney, Cuatro Capitanes and Jarko el Temible just to name a few.
Unfortunately, it feels like majority of Phantom phans from around the world didn't know much of him until recently when Wick Publications remastered and reprinted his stories in their current German Phantom publication.
Thankfully due to the hard work of Ulrich Wick, phans from around the world who would never have read a Bastei German comic now get to sample his work which stands up in todays industry. These stories were originally released in the 1970's and early 1980's.
These remastered comics have since also been published in the Fantomen magazine and rumours have it that they may soon also be published in a Frew comic as well.
We thank Andreas Eriksson, Ian Wheeler and John Freeman from DownTheTubes.net (link to the original article) for bringing this sad news to our attention. If we have missed any Phantom related news, please email us at ChronicleChamber@gmail.com and or contact us via our social media platforms.
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