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{{Short description|American animator and cartoonist}}
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'''Frank Espinosa''' is an [[American citizen|American]] [[animator]] and [[cartoonist]]. He has worked extensively for [[Disney]] and [[Warner Bros.]], having redesigned the [[Looney Tunes]] characters in 1992, fashioned a series of [[Looney Tunes]] U.S. [[postage stamps]], and designed the [[Baby Looney Tunes]] characters, among other achievements.<ref name="USPS1">{{cite journal |title=Stamp Announcement 99-13 |journal=Postal Bulletin |date=25 February 1999 |issue=21992 |page=44 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iuLpY1SbHgYC |access-date=15 June 2014 }}</ref><ref name="YourBrain">{{cite book |last1=Aldama |first1=Frederick Luis |title=Your Brain on Latino Comics: From Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez |date=19 October 2012 |publisher=University of Texas Press |pages=152–165 |isbn=978-0292749917 }}</ref>

In 2005–2006, Espinosa produced the  comic book ''[[Rocketo]]'', published by [[Speakeasy Comics]] and [[Image Comics]].<ref name="CBRNews1">{{cite news |last=Weiland |first=Jonah |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&old=1&id=5774 |title=Journey To A New World with "Rocketo" and Creator Frank Espinosa |work=Comic Book Resources |date=17 August 2005 |access-date=15 June 2014 }}</ref> Espinosa's art can also be seen in a two-part back-up feature starring the Living Totem by writer [[Zeb Wells]] in ''[[Doc Samson]]'' ([[Marvel Comics]]) #4–5 (April–May 2006). In 2007, Espinosa drew the first two issues of the Image Comics series ''[[Killing Girl]]''.<ref name="YourBrain" />

Espinosa began teaching Character and World Design as part of the Comparative Media Studies program at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in fall 2006.<ref name="YourBrain" />

Espinosa was nominated for three 2006 [[Eisner Awards]]: Best New Series (''[[Rocketo]]''), Best Continuing Series (''[[Rocketo]]''), and Best Cover Artist.<ref name="LG1">{{cite book |last1=Bost |first1=Suzanne |last2=Aparicio |first2=Frances R |title=The Routledge Companion To Latino/a Literature |chapter=34 Comics |publisher=Routledge |year=2012 |page=363 |isbn=978-1136221606 }}</ref>

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