Natacha Bustos

Natacha Bustos (born November 9, 1981 in Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain) is a Spanish comic-book artist. Bustos has contributed to several Star Wars comic series, including the 2020 series Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, the 2021 series Star Wars: The High Republic, the 2022 series Star Wars: The High Republic, and the 2023 miniseries Star Wars: Sana Starros, for which Bustos illustrated variant covers. She also illustrated the interiors of issues for the series Star Wars: Bounty Hunters and Star Wars: Doctor Aphra.
==Biography==
Natacha Bustos, born November 9, 1981 in Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain, is a Spanish comic-book artist. Bustos began working on the Star Wars franchise by illustrating variant covers for publisher Marvel Comics. Her first cover was for the eighth issue of the comic series Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, published on March 24, 2021. The cover depicts archaeologistDoctor Aphra (2020) 8 Chelli Lona Aphra and smuggler Sana Starros swinging through the air. Bustos's second cover was for the fourth issue of the 2021 comic series Star Wars: The High Republic, published on April 7 of the same year. The cover features Jedi KnightThe High Republic (2021) 4 Keeve Trennis and a member of the Drengir species. In September of that year, Bustos revealed several sketches and initial versions of her variant cover for The High Republic, showing the illustration process in various stages.
On February 16, 2022, StarWars.com announced that Bustos would pencil the twenty-third issue of the series Star Wars: Bounty Hunters. The issue was written by Ethan Sacks and published by Marvel Comics on June 1 of the same year. Bustos returned to Star Wars: Doctor Aphra later that year with two projects. She pencilled the interiors of the series' twenty-second issue, published on July 27, 2022, alongside artist Minkyu Jung. Additionally, Bustos illustrated the variant cover for the series' twenty-fifth issue, released on October 26 of the same year. The cover features Aphra and Starros locked in a duel.
In 2023, Bustos illustrated interior art for the twenty-ninth issue of Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, which released on February 22. She also illustrated a variant cover for the second issue of the Star Wars: Sana Starros comic miniseries, which released on March 8. The cover featured Starros holding a EE-4 carbine rifle. Bustos later drew a variant cover for the ninth issue of the 2022 series Star Wars: The High Republic, which was published on May 10, 2023/ The artwork featured Padawan Matthea Cathley battling a Force-consuming Nameless creature, the Leveler.The High Republic (2022) 9
==Works==
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Year	Title 	Contribution
2021	Doctor Aphra (2020) 8 	Variant cover
2021	The High Republic (2021) 4	Variant cover
2022	Bounty Hunters 23 	Penciller, inker
2022	Doctor Aphra (2020) 22 	Penciller
2022	Doctor Aphra (2020) 25 	Variant cover
2023	Doctor Aphra (2020) 29 	Penciller, inker
2023	Sana Starros 2 	Variant cover
2023	The High Republic (2022) 9	Variant cover
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Category:Comic book cover artists
Category:Comic book inkers
Category:Comic book pencillers