Mariano Saura

Mariano Saura is a graphic designer, mural painter, caricaturist, scientific illustrator, storyboard artist for audiovisual productions, video game animator and, of course, comic book artist.

He studied at Escuela de Arte de Murcia, Spain. His career began in the 1990s, working on fanzines and creating the humorous comic series Los Vengativos. He soon began working for publishers such as MegaMultimedia, La Factoría de Ideas and Planeta-DeAgostini.

He has worked for advertising agencies and production companies such as Contrapunto, Bassat and Havas Worldwide, in the fields of advertising and educational textbooks. He has also illustrated novels, role-playing games and board games. He has collaborated with independent American publishers such as IDW, as well as on projects related to Marvel and DC. His highly versatile drawing style allows him to work across every field of the ninth art.

Since 2005, he has been teaching drawing, comics and illustration. He is proficient in both traditional techniques (watercolour, acrylic, airbrush, mixed media, etc.) and digital techniques (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.).

In recent years, he has presented Ragnarök, an epic Norse mythology comic book saga, published in 2025 by Cómics Cartem.