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Luis Royo was born in 1954 in Olalla, Teruel (Spain). He studies Delineation, Painting, Decoration and Interior Design. In 1978 he began his career as a comic artist and soon published. American magazines frequently use the art of Luis Royo to illustrate their covers, such as Heavy Metal or National Lampoon, which are joined by European magazines such as Cimoc, Cómic Art, Ere Comprime, Total Metal and others. These will not be his only works, he also makes covers for videos and video games.
In 1995 new publishers became interested in the work of Luis Royo: Ballantine, Nal, Daw, Doubleday, Harper Paperbucks, Zebra, Hasa Corporation, Pocket Books for the Star Trek series, Penthouse Comic or Marvel's Fleer Ultra X-Men. There are many formats in which, starting this year, we can find the work of Luis Royo in different countries including Eastern Europe: calendars, posters, t-shirts, CD covers, computer mats, collections of trading cards with other authors such as The Art Of Heavy Metal, or alone, his third collection The Best Of Royo.
Highlights the author's versatility to adapt to different themes and styles. He has been honored and awarded in several countries where his works have been exhibited, such as the Phantasie Airbrush fair, in Frankfurt (Germany), the Norma Gallery in Barcelona, the Barcelona Comic Fair, the Viñetas desde ó Atlántico Comic Fair, in A Coruña, the Salone del Fumetto Cartoo Mics in Milan (Italy), in La Massana Cómic, Andorra, the El Peregrino Fantasy Prize at CTPAHHNK, Saint Petersburg (Russia), at Art Fantastic, Seattle (USA) and the Strychnin gallery, N.Y. (USA), holds an exhibition with originals from the book Dead Moon at the Manga Fair in Barcelona, at the Manga Fair in Madrid, with originals from the book Dead Moon and Dead Moon Epilogue, plus another traveling exhibition at Fnac.
Among her swords we have the original replica of the Black Elf's sword from Luis Royo's comic. It is a limited edition of 1500 units. The blade of the sword is made of high quality 420 steel and is decorated with elven engravings made with acid. The length of the sword is 136 centimeters. And the Malefic Heavy Metal sword with a carbon and steel blade. The total length of the sword is 138 cm. Includes wooden wall stand. This sword appears in Luis Royo's second book published in 1994 titled Malefic. On the back it bears the symbol of the tetragrammaton that expresses the domination of the spirit over the elements of Nature. With this magical sign we can command the elemental creatures that populate the regions of fire, air, water and earth.
