Johnny’s later creative teams 2
Other Selecciones Ilustradas staff reported to have worked on Johnny Galaxia include:
- Pedro Martínez Henares (b. c1940) only worked at SI and as an artist briefly. For SI, he worked on various genres for syndication in France, Scotland, Germany and Spain. In the 1960s, he drew Suspense in El Campeon de las Historietas and Inspector Dan in Pulgacito and El Capitan Trueno Extra. He working on war stories published by Impéria in France; science fiction series Super John published by Aventures et Voyages; UK westerns Buck John and Tex Tone; and spy stories Secret Agent X-13 and Z-33. Battle Picture Library and Eagle also published his work, with a UK story for 2000AD in 1977.1
Beá reports Henares worked on Johnny Galaxia and his name is associated with some French and Portuguese language printings.
- Pedro Añaños (b.?) was a general hand during his early years at SI, supplying pencil drawings. He participated in most series made for France as a standby for sick cartoonists facing deadlines. He later inked his own pencils on a variety of genres for syndication, particularly War Actions, terror and suspense. He worked on Bruguera (Mortadelo Especial, Comic Biografías) and for other agencies, especially for the French market, until "prematurely aged, unable to draw, alone, surviving on a pension and afflicted by serious illness, he died. Almost no one noticed his loss. He was, after the brief period of splendour in the sixties, a star that died slowly and quietly, forgotten by all."2
Beá reports that Añaños worked on the series.
- Ramon Escolano [Metaute] (1943-c2002) collaborated intensively with Selecciones in the 1960s and 1970s on comics for international markets, and subsequently with many other agencies. He was an “all-rounder”, doing everything from humourous cartoons to war stories, illustrations in black and white or colour, covers of novels and short stories, collections of cards, advertisements and cartoons. For a brief time he replaced Jose Gonzalez on Vampirella (Warren, USA). Other work includes Misty (UK), original Swedish James Bond (Semic) and Eagle (Fleetway, UK).3
Lambiek lists Johnny Galaxia in Escolano's biography, and his name is associated with some French and Portuguese language episodes.
- Emilio Bernadó (b. c1930) was the oldest of the group at SI—over thirty, married with a son. He was in charge of the French series Mister TV, working with others, and mainly focused on the detective genre. He had very personal "clear line" art style. He did a story for Skywald's Psycho in the 1974. He gradually left the profession to settle permanently in his hometown (La Pobla de Segur, Lleida) with his family.4
Beá reports that Bernadó worked on the series. This may be the artist whose signature seems to be "Bernado G".
- Joaquín (Quimo) Budesca (b.1930?) worked in the studio of Emilio Giralt Ferrando (1921-1997), a popular artist from the Toray and Ricart publishing houses. Budesca began his career working on large posters for films running at the local cinema before moving to SI, where he drew various comics for France and syndication. In later years, Budesca focused on painting.5
Budesca is probably the artist who signed stories in a largely unreadable signature that at times looks like "Buvescel" (The Ghost from the Past) or "Budesar" (Planeta colonizable).
- Napoleon de la Fuente, signed on the episode El Planeta Loco, is not a known SI artist, but may be one (or more) of the de la Fuente brothers, Victor, Ramón or José Luis.6 Other Johnny Galaxia stories include unclear and uncertain signatures that don't match known SI staff. One appears to read "Jordi Mora" (The Land of Fogs).
Rafael Aura León [Auraleón]7 (1939–c1986) and Ramon Torrents8 (b. 1937) are associated with the UK version, Space Ace, but their work does not appear to have been on the title feature.9