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"El Loco Sexton" - Ep.2 "Muerte de un scheriff" - pag.14 "La Ballata di Joe Barrow" 1976

Artists: Arturo Del Castillo (Penciller) , Hector Oesterheld (Writer) , Enrico Veronese (Writer)

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El Loco Sexton - Ep.2 Muerte de un scheriff - pag.14 La Ballata di Joe Barrow 1976 Comic Art

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Title:	"El Loco Sexton" - Ep.2 "Muerte de un scheriff" - pag.14 "La Ballata di Joe Barrow" 1976
Artist:	Arturo Del Castillo (Penciller)
Artist:	Hector Oesterheld (Writer)
Artist:	Enrico Veronese (Writer)
Media Type:	Colored Pencils
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	305
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	11/2/2023
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Media Type: Pen and Ink

Artists:
Arturo Del Castillo - penciller
Hector Oesterheld alias Enrico Veronese - writer

EL LOCO SEXTON The book title "El Loco Sexton" - Episode 2 "Muerte de un scheriff" - published also in Italy as "La Ballata di Joe Barrow" after Skorpio and Lanciostory in the 1976. This episode was drawn in pencil and inked by Arturo Del Castillo, and written by the legendary Hector German Oesterheld (creator of El Eternauta) and the saga book "El Loco Sexton" published in the 1976 was also the same year of his disappearance. The story comes with a story teller Herbert Sexton (a sort of alterego of Hector Oestereld), talking about the actions of the scoundrel Joe Barrow, a true anti-hero, that gives to us a new darker image, cruel, dusty and realistic of Western frontier, very different from the usual idea that cinema and classic comics trasmits just till that years, of a golden frontier, with idealized heroic cowboys that looked often only as knights of justice.

The hugh detail of the center page, was used for the colored italian cover "La ballata di Joe Barrow". And the details of filled areas with geometric tile nets witch seems zipatone are instead all drawn in ink by Del Castillo.

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EL LOCO SEXTON Il titolo del libro "El Loco Sexton" - Episodio 2 "Muerte de un scheriff" - pubblicato anche in Italia come "La Ballata di Joe Barrow" dopo Skorpio e Lanciostory nel 1976. Questo episodio � stato disegnato a matita e inchiostrato da Arturo Del Castillo, e scritto dal leggendario Hector German Oesterheld (creatore di El Eternauta) e del libro della saga "El Loco Sexton", pubblicato nel 1976, lo stesso anno della sua scomparsa. La storia ha come narratore Herbert Sexton (una sorta di alter ego di Hector Oestereld), che ci parla delle azioni del furfante Joe Barrow, un vero e proprio antieroe, che ci d� una nuova immagine pi� cupa, crudele, polverosa e realistica della frontiera western, molto diversa dalla solita idea che il cinema e i fumetti classici trasmettevano proprio fino a quegli anni, di una frontiera dorata, con cowboy eroici idealizzati che apparivano spesso solo come cavalieri della giustizia.

L'enorme dettaglio della pagina centrale � stato utilizzato per la copertina italiana a colori "La ballata di Joe Barrow". E i dettagli delle aree riempite con reti geometriche di piastrelle che sembrano zipatone sono invece tutti disegnati a inchiostro da Del Castillo.

in questo episodio Oesterheld si firma come autore con
uno pseudonimo italiano di fantasia Enrico Veronese.

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 11/2/2023

Great overall illustration quality. I can read into it that this author character is trying to capture the grisly realism and the romanticized version of the wild west.

Max Comic Box .
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 11/2/2023

Marcus Wai wrote:

Great overall illustration quality.� I can read into it that this author character is trying to capture the grisly realism and the romanticized version of the wild west.

Yes the genius of Hector Oesterheld was trying to revolutionize the concept of the hero with an anti-hero, he was looking for a new realism that was unprecedented for that era and he was doing it with Del Castillo's line with his shadowy hatching drawing in a style that was realistic and defined but romantic and nostalgic at the same time.

Davide G.
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 11/3/2023

That last panel alone is worth the price of admission. Beautiful page from a great series!

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