Antonio Hernández Palacios (Madrid 1921 - Madrid 2000)

 

He started his professional career designing posters and in the 1970s, he began to create comics with Manos Kelly, a western published in the Spanish magazine Trinca, followed by El Cid and later La paga del soldado. 

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In 1974, together with Jean-Pierre Gourmelen, he made the epic western Mac Coy, a series which appeared initially in the magazine Lucky Luke, then in Tintin, and finally in Pilote. It is probably Palacios' best story, a violent tale enhanced by his rigorous graphics. Twenty-one albums were published (Dargaud) up to 1999.

 

Four years later, the collection Roland & Roncevaux was published by Les Humanoïdes Associés, followed by Eloy, a trilogy about the Spanish War. In 1986, Drake appeared in the magazine Rumbo Sur.

In 1987, Antonio Hernández Palacios illustrated Gourmelen's Simón Bolívar El Libertador. 

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In the 1990s, Palacios made series of albums on his own for Planeta DeAgostini, including El Primer Viaje de Colón - Una Candela Lejana, El Virreinato de Colón - La Luz y la Espada and La Conquista de la Nueve España. 

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​In 1974, Palacios received the prestigious Yellow Kid award in Lucca for his exceptional work.