- "I've always loved comics, and it's been my personal challenge to dedicate myself to this. Since I was really young, if you know that you like it, you have to fight for it. It's something that really comes from the inside. It's a very visceral feeling."
- ―Natacha Bustos
Natacha Bustos (born November 9, 1981 in Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain) is a Spanish comic-book artist. Bustos has contributed to several Star Wars comic series, including the 2020 series Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, the 2021 series Star Wars: The High Republic, the 2022 series Star Wars: The High Republic, and the 2023 miniseries Star Wars: Sana Starros, for which Bustos illustrated variant covers. She also illustrated the interiors of issues for the series Star Wars: Bounty Hunters and Star Wars: Doctor Aphra.
Biography[]
Natacha Bustos,[2] born November 9,[1] 1981 in Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain, is a Spanish comic-book artist.[2] Bustos began working on the Star Wars franchise by illustrating variant covers for publisher Marvel Comics. Her first cover was for the eighth issue of the comic series Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, published on March 24, 2021. The cover depicts[4] archaeologist[5] Chelli Lona Aphra and[4] smuggler[5] Sana Starros swinging through the air.[4] Bustos's second cover was for the fourth issue of the 2021 comic series Star Wars: The High Republic, published on April 7 of the same year. The cover features[6] Jedi Knight[7] Keeve Trennis and a member of the Drengir species.[6] In September of that year, Bustos revealed several sketches and initial versions of her variant cover for The High Republic, showing the illustration process in various stages.[8]
Bustos's variant cover for Doctor Aphra (2020) 25
On February 16, 2022, StarWars.com announced that Bustos would pencil the twenty-third issue of the series Star Wars: Bounty Hunters.[9] The issue was written by Ethan Sacks and published by Marvel Comics on June 1 of the same year.[10] Bustos returned to Star Wars: Doctor Aphra later that year with two projects. She pencilled the interiors of the series' twenty-second issue, published on July 27, 2022, alongside artist Minkyu Jung.[11] Additionally, Bustos illustrated the variant cover for the series' twenty-fifth issue, released on October 26 of the same year. The cover features Aphra and Starros locked in a duel.[12]
In 2023, Bustos illustrated interior art for the twenty-ninth issue of Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, which released on February 22.[13] She also illustrated a variant cover for the second issue of the Star Wars: Sana Starros comic miniseries, which released on March 8. The cover featured Starros holding a EE-4 carbine rifle.[14] Bustos later drew a variant cover for the ninth issue of the 2022 series Star Wars: The High Republic, which was published on May 10, 2023/[15] The artwork featured Padawan Matthea Cathley battling a Force-consuming Nameless creature, the Leveler.[16]
Works[]
Bibliography[]
| Year | Title | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Doctor Aphra (2020) 8 | Variant cover[4] |
| The High Republic (2021) 4 | Variant cover[6] | |
| 2022 | Bounty Hunters 23 | Penciller, inker[10] |
| Doctor Aphra (2020) 22 | Penciller[11] | |
| Doctor Aphra (2020) 25 | Variant cover[12] | |
| 2023 | Doctor Aphra (2020) 29 | Penciller, inker[13] |
| Sana Starros 2 | Variant cover[14] | |
| The High Republic (2022) 9 | Variant cover[15] |
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
Natacha Bustos (@NatachaBustos) on Twitter (November 9, 2016): "it's my b-day, yep.but today I am more worried for the world than for myself XD" (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Natacha Bustos (Spanish) on El salón del cómic de Zaragoza (archived from the original on January 26, 2022)
- ↑
Women of Marvel Captures Lightning in a Bottle with Stormbreakers Artist Natacha Bustos on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3
STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA #8 BUSTOS VAR on the official Previews World website (backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Doctor Aphra (2020) 8
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Star Wars: The High Republic (2021) #4 (Variant) on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ The High Republic (2021) 4
- ↑ Natacha Bustos (@NatachaBustos) on Twitter (September 21, 2021): "From sketch to final art #starwars #TheHighRepublic #variant" (backup link)
- ↑ A Tale from Obi-Wan's Youngling Days and More from Marvel's May 2022 Star Wars Comics – Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Star Wars: Bounty Hunters (2020) #23 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #22 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #25 (Variant) on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #29 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Star Wars: Sana Starros (2023) #2 (Variant) on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Full May 2023 Marvel Comics solicitations: New #1 issues for Storm, Groot, Silk and the Avengers by Brooke, David on AIPT (February 16, 2023) (archived from the original on February 24, 2023)
- ↑ The High Republic (2022) 9
External links[]
- Natacha Bustos Blog on Blogspot
- Natacha Bustos (@natachabustoscomics) on Facebook
- Natacha Bustos on Flickr
- Natacha Bustos (@natachabustos) on Instagram
- Natacha Bustos on LinkedIn
- Natacha Bustos (@NatachaBustos) on Twitter
- Natacha Bustos on the official comiXology website (backup link)
- Natacha Bustos on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- Natacha Bustos at the Internet Movie Database
