Rod Espinosa Explained

Birth Place:	Philippines
Write:	y
Art:	y
Notable Works:	Neotopia
Nonus:	y
Sortkey:	Espinosa, Rod
Subcat:	Filipino

Rod Espinosa is a Filipino comics creator, writer, and illustrator.^[1]

Biography

Espinosa's work on The Courageous Princess^[2] at Antarctic Press^[3] earned him a nomination for Promising New Talent and Best Artist for the 2000 Ignatz Awards and a 2002 Eisner Award nomination for Best Title for Younger Readers.

His past work include the Battle Girlz series, a manga novel adaptation of Alice in Wonderland,^{[4] [5]} The Alamo, Dinowars and Metadocs. He has also written and conceptualized popular Antarctic Press titles such as I Hunt Monsters and Herc and Thor.

Humanitarian work

In 2008, Espinosa won an international contest sponsored by the United Nations and the World Health Organization entitled Stop Tuberculosis. The Stop TB comic book educating people about how to avoid Tuberculosis featured soccer star Luís Figo as the spokesman.^{[6] [7]}

In 2009, Espinosa joined 60 other Filipino artists from all over the world and contributed to the tribute book Renaissance: Ang Muling Pagsilang, the sales of which were donated to the victims of typhoon Ondoy.

Bibliography

• The Courageous Princess
• Neotopia (Antarctic Press)
• Battle Girlz
• The Alamo
• Dinowars
• Metadocs
• I Hunt Monsters (Antarctic Press)
• Herc and Thor (Antarctic Press)
• Graphic Biographies series (ABDO, A Family of Educational Publisher):
  • George Washington
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Patrick Henry
  • Sacagewea
  • Jackie Robinson
• Graphic History series (ABDO, A Family of Educational Publisher):
  • Boston Tea Party
  • American Revolution
  • Lewis and Clark
  • The Underground Railroad
  • The Transcontinental Railroad
• Graphic Adventures: the Human Body series (ABDO, A Family of Educational Publisher):
  • The Brain
  • The Lungs
  • The Eye
  • The Liver
  • The Kidneys
  • The Heart
• U.S. Presidents Biographies series (ABDO, A Family of Educational Publisher):
  • John Adams
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Ulysses S. Grant
  • Barack Obama
• Historical Animals series (ABDO)
  • • • Dolly the Cloned Sheep Bud the Traveling Dog
• comic book adaptations of literacy classics (ABDO)
  • Around the World in Eighty Days
  • Moby-Dick
  • Phantom of the Opera
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth
  • Dracula (Adapted by Dan Conner)
  • William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream (Adapted by Dan Conner), As You Like It, Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing, and Winter's Tale
• Graphic Classics series (Eureka Productions):
  • William Shakespeare's Cymbeline
  • Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" and "The Cask of Amontillado"
  • The Wendigo
  • Jack Finney's The Body Snatchers
• Super Roommates
• Evil Diva
• Courageous Princess — writer and artist
• Alice in Wonderland Manga (Dark Horse Comics) — adaptation and art
• A Christmas Carol (Dark Horse Comics) — adaptation and art

Steampunk Fairy Tale series

• Steampunk Snow White (Antarctic Press Comics) — adaptation and art
• Steampunk Snow Queen (Antarctic Press Comics) — adaptation and art
• Steampunk Cinderella (Antarctic Press Comics) — adaptation and art
• Steampunk Red Riding Hood (Antarctic Press Comics) — adaptation and art
• Steampunk Little Match Girl (Antarctic Press Comics) — adaptation and art
• Steampunk Goldilocks (Antarctic Press Comics) — adaptation and art

Immortal Wings series

• Issue 1, January 2016 (Antarctic Press Comics) -art
• Issue 2, February 2016 (Antarctic Press Comics) - art
• Issue 3, March 2016, (Antarctic Press Comics) - art
• Issue 4, April 2016, (Antarctic Press Comics) - art

Adventure Finders

• Issue 1, September 2017 (Antarctic Press Comics) -story and art
• Issue 2, October 2017 (Antarctic Press Comics) -story and art

References

• • • Asian Journal (September 8, 2008)

External links

• • Prince of Heroes

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Prince of Heroes. 8 September 2008. Cynthia de Castro. AJPress. 30 April 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100219082005/http://asianjournal.com/galing-pinoy/59-galing-pinoy/328-the-prince-of-heroes.html. 19 February 2010.
2. Web site: Comics For the Classroom: Take Two. Buchanan, Rebecca. 7 September 2009. 1 May 2010.
3. Web site: Come In Alone. 47. Ellis, Warren. 1 May 2010. 3 November 2000. Comic Book Resources.
4. Web site: Comic Book Review: New Alice in Wonderland #1. Carter, R.J.. 18 February 2006. 1 May 2010. Burlee LLC. www.the-trades.com.
5. Web site: At the Brookline Public Libraries: June 14 . GateHouse News Service . 12 June 2007 . Brookline TAB . 1 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121109045457/http://www.wickedlocal.com/brookline/calendar/x1219808715 . 9 November 2012 .
6. Web site: Vaincre la tuberculose par la BD. 1 May 2010. Auracan. www.auracan.com. French.
7. Web site: Figo marca goles a la tuberculosis desde las viñetas de un nuevo tebeo. Spanish. 1 May 2010. Mundinteractivos, S.A..