Portraits: 12 Lives, 12 Journeys
graphic_anthology · First published 2026
Author guide
José Villarrubia Books in Order
José Villarrubia is a Spanish-American artist, photographer, comics colorist, editor, and educator. His work spans fine-art photography, graphic novels, comics restoration, and editorial projects. He has collaborated with Alan Moore, Richard Corben, Paul Pope, and Jeff Lemire, and has taught illustration and sequential art at the Maryland Institute College of Art. His major bibliographic contributions include The Mirror of Love, Hércules 1417, and Portraits: 12 Lives, 12 Journeys.
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José Villarrubia's Newest Book
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The Mirror of Love
José Villarrubia's best-known standalone visual collaboration with Alan Moore.
Hércules 1417
A major editorial and creative graphic-book project conceived and edited by Villarrubia.
Portraits: 12 Lives, 12 Journeys
His most recent separately published graphic anthology project.
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Poetry (1)
- The Mirror of Love
graphic_poetry · 2003
Edited works (1)
- Portraits: 12 Lives, 12 Journeys
graphic_anthology · 2026
Other (1)
- Hércules 1417
graphic_work · 2021