He was born in
Barcelona, the son of a Spanish comic book artist,
Miguel Bernet. He made his debut in comics at fifteen, continuing his father's humorous series
es:Doña Urraca (
Mrs. Magpie) after his death in 1960, under the
pseudonym "Jordi". While this could support his family, it did not satisfy his artistic ambitions that were inspired by artists such as
Hal Foster,
Alex Raymond and
Milton Caniff. From 1962, Bernet developed a more realistic style, and took on smaller assignments from Italian and British publishers (including the complete 67-issue run of Graham Baker's
The Legend Testers in
Smash! comic), until he started illustrating for the
Franco-Belgian comics magazine
Spirou in 1965. He drew the series
Dan Lacombe with his uncle Miguel Cussó as writer, and created a similar series
Paul Foran with writer José Larraz, but due to disagreements over editing decisions by
Dupuis, Bernet ended the relationship with
Spirou. Turning to the German market, in the 1970s he collaborated with Cussó to create
Wat 69, a sexy and humouristic heroine for the magazine
Pip, and
Andrax, a science fiction series for
Primo, which both became successful in Germany.
Later work After the fall of
Franco, Bernet returned to Spain and worked for several Spanish comics magazines such as
Creepy,
Metropol and
Cimoc, eventually meeting three writers with whom he would form productive partnerships. With
Antonio Segura he created the amazone fantasy series
Sarvan, and the series
Kraken, depicting a sewer monster terrorizing a futuristic fascist society. This became the beginning of a long-lasting series, which became a popular success and was awarded at the
Angoulême International Comics Festival. It eventually formed the basis of its own magazine,
Luca Torelli es Torpedo in 1992. Bernet has later continued to work with Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray on
Jonah Hex. American artist
Will Eisner described his impression of Bernet's work in an anthology preface: ==Bibliography==