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Victor Santos (Polar, Violent Love) writes and illustrates a crime and mystery story inspired by Ryunosuke Akutagawa's tales featuring the heroic commissioner Heigo KobayashiWhen the body of a skilled samurai is found along the road to Yamashina in feudal Japan, the search begins for his killer. Detective Heigo Kobayashi takes the case but finds only dead-end clues and no firsthand witnesses.
About the Author
Born in Valencia in 1977, Victor Santos has written and illustrated a variety ofcomics published in Spain and France, including Los Reyes Elfos (The Elf Kings) ,Pulp Heroes, Young Ronins, Lone in Heaven, Rashomon, Sukeban Turbo and Black Kaiser.Santos has illustrated numerous comics in the United States, Azzarello's New York Times best-selling Filthy Rich, one of the first titles of DC Comics' Vertigo Crime line, the fantasy epic The Mice Templar, written by Bryan J. L. Glass and Michael Avon Oeming, James Patterson's New York Times best-selling Witch & Wizard series, as well as different titles like Furious, Black Market, Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, Sleepy Hollow or Big Trouble in Little China.His last works are the Image comics series Violent Love with Frank Barbiere and the oncoming Bad Girls, written by Alex de Campi for Simon & Schuster.Meanwhile, Santos has continued his career as a writer in Spain with otherartists, creating the graphic novels Silhouette, Ragnarok, La sangre de las Valkirias (The Blood of the Valkyries) , Ezequiel Himes: Zombie Hunter, La Hija de la Tormenta (The Storm´s Daughter) and Infinity Outrage. His Polar trilogy published by Dark Horse, his most personal project to date, has been adapted by awarded videoclip/movie director Jonas Akerlund, with Mads Mikkelesen (Casino Royal, Hannibal, The Hunt, Roge One: A Star Wars story) , Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical, Spring Breakers) Katheryn Winnick (Vikings) and Matt Lucas (Alice in Wonderland, Dr Who) in a Constantin films/Netflix production.Santos has won six awards at the Barcelona international comic conventionfor his work and three at the Madrid comics convention. In 2014 he was nominated to the prestigious Harvey Award for his work in Polar: Came from the cold.He lives in Bilbao, Spain.
