Jordi
Bernet made his debut when he was only fifteen, taking over the
humorous series 'Dona Urraca' from his father, Miguel Bernet (alias
Jorge).
Jordi developed a realistic style from
1962, and started working for extensively for the foreign market.
With only his first name as a
pseudonym, he illustrated several series in Spirou magazine from
1968 to 1976 ('Dan Lacombe' with scenarist Miguel Cusso and 'Paul
Foran' with scenarist José Larraz). With Cusso he also
worked for the German market, with 'Wat 69' in Pip and 'Andrax'
in Primo. It was not until 1982, however, that he made his claim to fame
by taking over the series 'Torpedo' from Alex Toth in the Spanish
Creepy magazine. With writer Antonio Segura, he launched 'Sarvan'
in Cimoc in 1984 and 'Kraken' in Metropol. Bernet has also worked
with the scenartist Carlos Trillo on such comics as 'Light and
Bold' and 'Ivanpiire'.
After a disagreement with his French publisher, he started to
focus on the Italian and Spanish market. With his friend and scenario-writer
Enrique Abuli, he launched the magazine Luca Torelli es Torpedo
in 1992.
While still working on the successful 'Torpedo' series,
Bernet took on three albums of 'Clara de Noche' from 1993 to 1995
(text by Trillo). Bernet has proven himself to be one of the masters
of realistic comics, and has developed a very personal, fast and
expressive style.
Jordi Bernet bio on paulgravett.com
