El Eternauta by Francisco Solano Lopez and Hector German Oesterheld
Artists: Francisco Lopez (All) , Hector Oesterheld (Writer)
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HoraCero #79
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DescriptionEl Eternauta by Oesterheld and Lopez... I could write an essay on this. Actually, I did for CFA-APA.El Eternauta was written by Hector German Oesterheld and drawn by Francisco Solano Lopez for Oesterheld's publishing company, Editorial Frontera. It was serialized from 1957 to 1959 in the Hora Cero magazine. It tells the story of Juan Salvo and several of his friends as they notice a strange snow start to fall on their city. This is no ordinary snow and the beginning of something much bigger that sees Juan and his friends fighting to save humanity. A great story but like many of Oesterheld's works, strong political undertones. It is seen as a critique of the government. El Eternauta was reworked in 1969 by Oesterheld and illustrated by Alberto Breccia. This comic along with biographies of Che Guevara and Evita Peron led to the writer having to go into hiding and eventually becoming among the thousands of "disappeared" in Argentina. Fantagraphics has recently published this work for the first time in English and I would recommend it to anyone interested in a good comic read. You will note when comparing the original art to the Fantagraphic's published version, reformatting occurred. The original series was serialized so there were empty title boxes that needed to be removed for the formatting. In this case, one of the panels was removed all together. Social/Sharing |
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Davide G.
Member Since 2009
Posted on 4/2/2017
Fantastic couple of pages from this legendary series! This one is my favorite due to the classic nocturnal setting and the gloomy atmosphere.
Maurizio Scudiero
Member Since 2005
Posted on 4/2/2017
This page, and the previous one, are great addictions to your gallery. This one, in particular, shows a masterly wotk of lights and shadows.
Maurizio Scudiero
Member Since 2005
Posted on 4/2/2017
This page, and the previous one, are great addictions to your gallery. This one, in particular, shows a masterly wotk of lights and shadows.
Matt Dicke 
Member Since 2006
Posted on 4/19/2018
How did I miss you posting these. Eternaut is a classic. so cool that you have some art from it.
Aaron N.
Member Since 2009
Posted on 2/9/2020
This is a great one! Death of a Hand, alien tech, and even a Gurbo!
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