Javier Garrón

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"For me it's one of the greatest honors and pleasures to highlight the wonderful diversity of characters in comics. Maybe we come to stories because it's sci-fi, or action, or thriller, or whatever, really. But if we stay in them, if those stories stick with us, it is because of the characters."
―Javier Garrón[3]

Javier Garrón (born August 17 in El Puerto de Santa María, Andalusia, Spain) is a Spanish comic book artist. For the Star Wars franchise, Garrón illustrated Pride Month variant covers for the comic series Star Wars: The High Republic and Star Wars: Han Solo & Chewbacca.

Biography

"Being invited to portray these two amazing characters was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I couldn't let slip away. It's a chance to highlight what I love about them and Star Wars: it's an endless universe, immensely diverse and inclusive. . . . So I wanted to draw Terec and Cerec as the powerful characters they are, filled with determination and hope. Because that's what a great Jedi means to me. And representation matters."
―Javier Garrón, on illustrating Terec and Ceret[4]
Garrón and Aburtov's variant cover for Han Solo & Chewbacca 4

Garrón and Aburtov's variant cover for Han Solo & Chewbacca 4

Javier Garrón was born on August 17[1] in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain.[2] His first Star Wars project was a variant cover for the sixth issue of[4] the 2021 series[5] Star Wars: The High Republic featuring[4] the Jedi bond-twins[6] Terec and Ceret.[4] Garrón illustrated the cover alongside comic colorist Marte Gracia.[7] In an interview with StarWars.com, Garrón shared that he felt it was a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to draw the two characters.[4] On March 31, 2021, Garrón officially revealed the cover on Twitter in honor of International Transgender Day of Visibility.[7] It was later published on June 30 of the same year.[8]

In 2022, Garrón illustrated a second variant cover alongside colorist Jesus Aburtov,[9] this time for the fourth issue of the comic series Star Wars: Han Solo & Chewbacca. The cover features Jedi Lula Talisola and Force-sensitive Zeen Mrala in an embrace and was published on July 20 of the same year. In an interview, Garrón stated that it was a great honor and pleasure to illustrate Talisola and Mrala. The cover was designed to demonstrate a peaceful and intimate moment between the two characters in contrast to the larger galactic storylines they have been a part of.[3]

Works

Bibliography

Year Title Contribution
2021 The High Republic (2021) 6 Pride Month variant cover[4]
2022 Han Solo & Chewbacca 4 Pride Month variant cover[3]
2023 Yoda 8 Pride Month variant cover[10]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 TwitterLogo Javier Garrón (@JavierGarron) on Twitter (post on August 30, 2017) (backup link)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Marvel-TemplateLogo Javier Garrón on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 StarWars.com Marvel and Lucasfilm Celebrate Pride Month with Special Star Wars Covers on StarWars.com (backup link)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 StarWars.com Check Out All of Marvel's Star Wars Pride Month Covers – Exclusive on StarWars.com (backup link)
  5. ↑ StarWars.com A Padawan Faces the Jedi Trials in Marvel's Star Wars: The High Republic #1 – Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link)
  6. ↑ The High Republic (2021) 2
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 TwitterLogo Javier Garrón (@JavierGarron) on Twitter (post on March 31, 2021): "In honor of #TransVisibilityDay I'm super proud to share with you all the STAR WARS #Pride cover @martegracia & me have made featuring Terec and Cerec, trans non-binary Jedi, currently featured in Marvel's The High Republic comic" (backup link)
  8. ↑ Marvel-TemplateLogo Star Wars: The High Republic (2021) #6 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
  9. ↑ Instagram-Logo Javier Garrón (@javier.garron) on Instagram (post on May 24, 2022) (backup link)
  10. ↑ StarWars.com Master Yoda and Anakin Skywalker Team Up in Marvel's June 2023 Star Wars Comics – Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (March 10, 2023) (backup link)

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