Today in Comics History, June 14: Happy birthday, Jordi Bernet!

Born on this date: Spanish comics artist Jordi Bernet, known for his sublime work on European comics like Wat 69, Andrax, Sarvan, Kraken, Torpedo, Tex Willer, and more, sexy comics I can't read like Clara de noche and Cicca Dum-Dum, and over here in the USA, Batman, 100 Bullets, and a many issues of Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti's acclaimed Jonah Hex series!


from Torpedo #1 (IDW, January 2010)
Bernet was spotlighted in an entire issue of the I-wish-they'd-continue-it DC series Solo:



from Solo #6 [Jordi Bernet] (DC, October 2005)
Happy birthday, Jordi! I betcha you're gonna have some fun guests at your birthday party...oh, yes you are.


cover of The Best of Jordi Bernet's Clara (Aaud, May 2006), pencils and inks by Jordi Bernet