Saturday, October 25, 2014

Arturo del Castillo

Misterix # 715 was published in 1962. At that time Arturo del Castillo was already working for Fleetway Publications in the UK. He co-adapted, namely, Alexandre Dumas' musketeers novels to comics as we can see below...


Arturo del Castillo (a), Leonard Matthews (s), Lion, Fleetway, September 28, 1963. (Story reprinted from Film Fun - 1961.)

Arturo del Castillo (a), Leonard Matthews (s), Lion, Fleetway, December 14, 1963.


Arturo del Castillo (a), Leonard Matthews (s), Lion, Fleetway, February 1, 1964. 


Arturo del Castillo (a), Leonard Matthews (s), Lion, Fleetway, February 22, 1964. 

Below are four panels created by Arturo del Castillo in the year of his retirement, 1989. He died three years later.


Arturo del Castillo (original art).
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6 comments:

  1. Diego CordobaDecember 4, 2014 at 6:09 AM

    A book on DelCastillo's Three Musketeers, scanned from the original art, was meant to appear in the UK. It never happened… and we'll probably never see it again.

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  2. IsabelinhoDecember 4, 2014 at 7:17 AM

    That's due to problems related to del Castillo's work rights.

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  3. Diego CordobaDecember 5, 2014 at 7:00 AM

    Hi Isabelinho, actually it's worse than that. The series was copyright by IPC, that now belongs to DC comics, that belong to Warner Bros. At the time the book was due, Warner Bros were putting out a new 3 Musketeers fim and didn't want the book to come out at the same time.

    The film bombed, and now the whole rights thing is hanging in limbo…

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  4. IsabelinhoDecember 5, 2014 at 7:29 AM

    I just love Capitalism!...

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  5. Steve TaylorNovember 23, 2020 at 3:36 PM


    1) del Castilo's The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The King's Musketeers have been reprinted in one volume by BookPalace.

    2) The following 4 Larrigan westerns first printed in the UK have now been reprinted in one volume by BookPalace.

    The Pay-Off
    Lone Rider Picture Library #1 first published 1961
    Arturo del Castillo

    Born to Kill
    Lone Rider Picture Library #4 first published 1961
    Arturo del Castillo

    Troubled Town
    Lone Rider Picture Library #9 first published 1961
    Arturo del Castillo

    Mark of a Gunman
    Cowboy Picture Library #463 first published 1962
    Arturo del Castillo.

    3) DC have never owned Fleetway/IPC. All rights to the artwork and stories published by AP/Fleetway/IPC from the 1900s to 2005 reside with Rebellion.

    Hope that helps,
    Steve

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  6. IsabelinhoNovember 27, 2020 at 12:18 AM

    Thanks, Steve!

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