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Sam de la Rosa, a native Texan, has
inked/finished comic books for over twenty-five
years. His first major comic book credit
appeared in 1982 for DC in Action Comics
#534. He then finished layouts by Keith Pollard
for Green Lantern #160 and became the regular
embellisher on World’s Finest #285, with
layouts by Silver-Age great, Rich Buckler.
Sam caught the attention of Marvel Comics that
same year when Bob Layton and Mark
Gruenwald asked him to finish a few pages of
(Bob's) layouts on Hercules Prince Of Power
Mini Series issue #4. That led to 15 years of
regular work for Marvel doing inks/finishes on
various Spider-Man titles, Venom Lethal
Protector, Venom Separation Anxiety, Captain
America, Black Panther, Squadron Supreme,
Iron Man, What If, Dr. Strange, Daredevil, The
Thing, Spider Woman, Indiana Jones, Star
Wars, and many more. At Marvel’s Epic line
Sam was fortunate to ink over pencils by Alan
Weiss/Val Mayerik on Steel Grip Starkey, and
several hundred Dreadstar pages by Jim Starlin.
Returning to DC Comics, he inked All Star
Squadron, Captain Atom, 22 issues of
Firestorm in the late 1980s, as well as DC’s
last two Star Trek Annuals in 1995.
Sam also worked for Dark Horse on the very
first Predator series in 1989, Disney Comics’
Roger Rabbit, First Comics’ Sable and The
Badger, Eclipse Comics inking over Eric
Shanower and Sam Kieth, Acclaim Comics
inking the great Dick Giordano on Sliders, Red
Circle-Archie Publications embellishing over
Steve Ditko and others, Malibu Comics, Ocean
Comics’ Popeye, Noble Comics’ Justice
Machine, Comico inking Elementals over Bill
Willingham, Lone Star Comics, Antarctic Press
inking Areala Warrior Nun, Image on Supreme
and Vanguard, Fleetway/Quality inking almost
100 covers primarily on Judge Dredd, and still
other companies. His work continues to be
published in various Omnibus, TPBs, and
Hardcover Editions/Collections.
Sam’s favorite work was always on Spider-Man
and Venom! He still does commission art,
pencils, inks, and re-creations on request. You
can find a more detailed but partial list of his
Comic Book credits with this link: comics.org
(The Grand Comics Database).
Prior to his pro comic book work, Sam was a
prolific contributor of art to comic book fanzines
starting in 1969 (having discovered them in
1968) with The San Antonio Comics Club
Bulletin. He attempted to put together a fanzine,
SUPER 1 in 1972 (even conducting an interview
with artist Richard Corben and getting art from
CORBEN, Alan Hanley and Klaus Janson) but
for various reasons it was not to be. Finally in
1977 he designed/layed out, provided art,
secured art contributions, hand pasted-up the
pages (pre-computer), and finally published
NIMBUS 3. In the mid 1970s he was a freelance
artist doing editorial cartoons for his college
newspaper, drew art for other publications and
also operated a manual sign printing press. In
the late 1970s up to 1982 Sam was an
"Illustrator" working on government
assingments at Lackland Military Base for
Impact Productions, owned by his great friend,
the late Pat Boyette, and the late Fred Himes,
artists/writers for Charlton Comics. Sam left this
steady employment in 1982 upon receiving
regular work from both DC Comics and Marvel
Comics and never looked back!
inked/finished comic books for over twenty-five
years. His first major comic book credit
appeared in 1982 for DC in Action Comics
#534. He then finished layouts by Keith Pollard
for Green Lantern #160 and became the regular
embellisher on World’s Finest #285, with
layouts by Silver-Age great, Rich Buckler.
Sam caught the attention of Marvel Comics that
same year when Bob Layton and Mark
Gruenwald asked him to finish a few pages of
(Bob's) layouts on Hercules Prince Of Power
Mini Series issue #4. That led to 15 years of
regular work for Marvel doing inks/finishes on
various Spider-Man titles, Venom Lethal
Protector, Venom Separation Anxiety, Captain
America, Black Panther, Squadron Supreme,
Iron Man, What If, Dr. Strange, Daredevil, The
Thing, Spider Woman, Indiana Jones, Star
Wars, and many more. At Marvel’s Epic line
Sam was fortunate to ink over pencils by Alan
Weiss/Val Mayerik on Steel Grip Starkey, and
several hundred Dreadstar pages by Jim Starlin.
Returning to DC Comics, he inked All Star
Squadron, Captain Atom, 22 issues of
Firestorm in the late 1980s, as well as DC’s
last two Star Trek Annuals in 1995.
Sam also worked for Dark Horse on the very
first Predator series in 1989, Disney Comics’
Roger Rabbit, First Comics’ Sable and The
Badger, Eclipse Comics inking over Eric
Shanower and Sam Kieth, Acclaim Comics
inking the great Dick Giordano on Sliders, Red
Circle-Archie Publications embellishing over
Steve Ditko and others, Malibu Comics, Ocean
Comics’ Popeye, Noble Comics’ Justice
Machine, Comico inking Elementals over Bill
Willingham, Lone Star Comics, Antarctic Press
inking Areala Warrior Nun, Image on Supreme
and Vanguard, Fleetway/Quality inking almost
100 covers primarily on Judge Dredd, and still
other companies. His work continues to be
published in various Omnibus, TPBs, and
Hardcover Editions/Collections.
Sam’s favorite work was always on Spider-Man
and Venom! He still does commission art,
pencils, inks, and re-creations on request. You
can find a more detailed but partial list of his
Comic Book credits with this link: comics.org
(The Grand Comics Database).
Prior to his pro comic book work, Sam was a
prolific contributor of art to comic book fanzines
starting in 1969 (having discovered them in
1968) with The San Antonio Comics Club
Bulletin. He attempted to put together a fanzine,
SUPER 1 in 1972 (even conducting an interview
with artist Richard Corben and getting art from
CORBEN, Alan Hanley and Klaus Janson) but
for various reasons it was not to be. Finally in
1977 he designed/layed out, provided art,
secured art contributions, hand pasted-up the
pages (pre-computer), and finally published
NIMBUS 3. In the mid 1970s he was a freelance
artist doing editorial cartoons for his college
newspaper, drew art for other publications and
also operated a manual sign printing press. In
the late 1970s up to 1982 Sam was an
"Illustrator" working on government
assingments at Lackland Military Base for
Impact Productions, owned by his great friend,
the late Pat Boyette, and the late Fred Himes,
artists/writers for Charlton Comics. Sam left this
steady employment in 1982 upon receiving
regular work from both DC Comics and Marvel
Comics and never looked back!
Sam de la Rosa /.
