Nationality Chilean Name Gabriel Rodriguez Areas Penciller, Inker | Notable works Locke & Key Role Comic book artist | |
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Awards British Fantasy Award for Best Comic/Graphic Novel Nominations Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Graphic Novels & Comics Books Locke & Key, Locke & Key - Vol 6, Locke & Key Volume 4, Demon House, Serial | ||
Gabriel Rodriguez Perez (born in Santiago, Chile, May 26, 1976) is a Chilean comic book artist and architect, known for his work on the horror series Locke & Key. In addition, he has done the artwork for Subterranean Press's edition of Joe Hill's NOS4A2.
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Career
Before starting a career as comic artist, Rodriguez studied Architecture at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile where he got his degree and also a M.Arch. There is a very small -if any- comic industry in Chile (their market being so small, among other reasons) so trying to make a living out of this was not an option: Gabriel had to work part-time as architect and drew comics for art's sake or some extra income. His first commission was a set of illustrations for "Mitos y Leyendas" (Myths and Legends), a collectible cards game by SALO Publishing, Chile. Rodriguez spent 4 years working for them until he got a call from the producers of the CSI TV series and IDW publishing crew. Basically they wanted him to make a comic version of the series. After 5 years of successful collaboration Gabriel was finally able to make comics full-time.
Later on he was introduced to Joe Hill, author and son of Stephen King. Together they spawned the successful 'Locke & Key' series, which earned Gabriel his first Eisner Awards nomination. After that, Rodriguez was commissioned by DC to draw Adventures of Superman (2013) and IDW's Little Nemo, Return to Slumberland, which earned him another Eisner Awards nomination.
Awards
Rodriguez was nominated for Best Penciller/Inker for the 2011 Eisner Awards for his work on Locke & Key. In addition, Locke & Key was nominated for "Best Continuing Series" and "Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)" for Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1.
In April 2015, his and fellow Chilean artist Nelson Daniel's work, Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland (IDW) was nominated for the Eisner Awards, winning Best Limited Series in July 2015.
Personal life
Rodriguez lives in Las Condes, a high-class commune in Santiago, Chile. He comes from a roman catholic family background. He is also married and has 2 children.
Rodriguez uses social media to promote his art, specially through his DeviantArt and Twitter profiles.