Joe's Bar a typically styled strip by José Antonio Munoz. Original board.

José Antonio Munoz was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 10th July 1943. After finishing his studies at the Escuela Panamericana del Arte, the school created by the Lipszyc brothers with Hugo Pratt and Alberto Breccia as teachers, Munoz debuted as an assistant to Francisco Solano Lopez.

In the early 60's he drew the strip Precinto 56 (script by Ray Collins: pseudonym of Argentinian writer Eugenio Zappietro). He also worked on strips for Hora Cero and Frontera Extra and many strips for the comic Misterix. He drew several episodes of the war correspondant Ernie Pike with scripts by Oesterheld.

During the 1960's he worked for Fleetway via the Solano Lopez studio in Buenos Aires. Munoz worked on many of the adventure strips attributed to Lopez.

In the early 70's, fleeing the military junta in Argentina he exiled himself to Europe, eventually arriving in Spain where he met fellow exile Carlos Sampayo. Together they created Alack Sinner for the Italian revue Linus (1975). At the same time whilst still working via the art agencies Munoz created Stitch in Time for Lion Comic (1975) and in 1978 he drew Sophie goin' South for the French magazine B.D..

From the 1980's to the present he has worked on various projects for the French market, including a reprise of Alack Sinner which has appeared in 3 albums.

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