Oscar González Loyo


Oscar González Loyo is a comic book artist, author of Karmatrón y Los Transformables. González Loyo is the son of late comic book artist Oscar González Guerrero. He is also founder and main partner of the company and cult ¡Ka-Boom! Estudio.

Career

Oscar González Loyo did his first professional comic art page in 1973, in the Mexican comic Las Aventuras de Capulina, when he was only 14 years old. He has cited Walt Disney, Osamu Tezuka, Frank Brunner and Will Eisner as important influences in his art style.
Over the years, he has worked on titles like Las Aventuras dek estupido y naco del Cepillín, Las Aventuras de Parchís, Katy la Oruga, El Monje Loco, The Flintstones, Karmatrón y Los Transformables, The New Speed Racer color book, Tiny Toons, Looney Tunes, The Simpsons Comics and Bart Simpson Comics.
González Loyo also worked on the covers of the Astroboy, Kimba and Gigantor's American VHS and Laser Disc editions in the late eighties and early nineties.
From 1996 to 2000 he storyboarded animations for the Latin American version of Sesame Street, including the show's opening credits.
In 2000, he earned the Eisner Award at Comic-Con International for his work on Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror, along with Jill Thompson, Steve Steere Jr., Scott Shaw, Sergio Aragonés, and Doug TenNapel.
González Loyo also published the webcomic Joe's World and is currently working in the remake of Karmatrón. As of today, none of this works have been successful.

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