death_date alias nationality name birth_date area article_title birth_name
24 june 1993 auraleón spanish rafael auraleón 22 december 1939 artist rafael aura león
 rafael aura león
rafael aura león

rafael aura león -lrb- born 22 december 1939 , died 24 june 1993 -rrb- was a spanish comics artist , known primarily as auraleón , which is how he signed his work .
auraleón 's career began in 1959 when he joined the spanish agency selecciones ilustradas , through which he worked in british comics in the 1960s , drawing westerns for `` lone star '' , war stories for `` commando '' , `` air ace '' , `` combat '' and `` conflict '' , romance stories for `` romance in pictures '' , and science fiction stories for `` space ace '' .
auraleón joined warren publishing in 1971 and was one of their most prolific artists , doing 69 stories in total .
this would rank him fourth among all artists at warren after josé ortiz , esteban maroto and luis bermejo .
auraleón worked primarily in `` vampirella '' , with approximately 20 stories appearing in `` creepy '' and approximately 8 in `` eerie '' .
auraleon was the recurring artist for the series `` pantha '' , in 1974 and 1975 .
he also drew the series `` cassandra st. knight '' in 1981 , and `` sweetwater nessie '' in 1982 .
all three series appeared in `` vampirella '' .
auraleón remained with warren until its bankruptcy in 1983 .
auraleón continued to work with selecciones ilustradas after warren 's collapse , writing and drawing a series of short science fiction stories in 1982-84 , and drawing the series `` viaje al infierno '' which was published in the spanish version of `` creepy '' .
after its publication in 1984 , he left both s.i. and the comics field as well .
suffering from depression , he took his own life in 1993 .
