Rod Espinosa

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Rod Espinosa, is a comics creator, writer and illustrator. Espinosa was born in the Philippines. He graduated from the Don Bosco technical college with a certificate in architectural drafting and got a degree in advertising art from Santo Tomas university in Manila. He worked for various companies in the fields of advertising, software entertainment and film before finally settling into a life of a comic book author.

Espinosa's work on The Courageous Princess at (Antarctic Press) got him on the nomination list for “Promising new talent” and also “Best artist” for the 2000 Ignatz Awards and the 2002 Eisner Award nomination list for “Best Title for Younger Readers”. He has also authored the Neotopia series (4 volumes, 140 pages each), which was published in graphic novel or book form like the three volumes of The Courageous Princess. His past work includes the Battle Girlz series, a manga adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, The Alamo and Metadocs. His work will also be featured in a series of American History comic books dealing with the subjects of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Lewis and Clark, The Boston Tea Party, The Alamo, and Patrick Henry. He is currently working on Dinowars.