Francisco Solano Lopez


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Argentina

Character:

El Eternauta(creator)

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    Biography

    Born in Buenos Aires, Solano López began his career in 1953 working for the publishing house Columba where he illustrated the series Perico y Guillerma. Working for Editorial Abril he met Héctor Germán Oesterheld, assigned to illustrate his series Bull Rocket for the magazine Misterix. López also alternated as artist on the Ernie Pike series with Hugo Pratt, Jorge Moliterni José Antonio Muñoz. On September 4, 1957 in the publication of Hora Cero Suplemento Semanal, the science-fiction series El Eternauta made its first appearance. A success, El Eternauta came to the attention of the authorities as the series featured commentary of the political situation of Argentina and neighbouring Chile, prompting Solano López to flee for Spain to avoid possible arrest. In 1959 Solano López began working for Fleetway in Madrid and later London, producing artwork for a host of series, including Galaxus: The Thing from Outer Space, Pete's Pocket Army, The Drowned World, Janus Stark, and Kelly's Eye. Having returned to Argentina, Solano López resumed collaboration with Oesterheld on El Eternauta II in 1968 with a new publishing house, Editorial Records. He also started work on science-fiction saga Slot-Barr with writer Ricardo Barreiro, and the police series Evaristo with Carlos Sampayo.[4] In the late 1970s Solano López again fled Argentina following persecution from the authorities, and from Madrid he arranged the publication of both El Eternauta and Slot-Barr with the Italian magazines LancioStory and Skorpio. In the 1990s, Solano López produced work in the erotic comics genre, achieving hits with El Prostíbulo del Terror, from a story by Barreiro, and Silly Symphony, made for the magazine Kiss Comix.

    Artistic production

    Comic Title Role Publisher Year Language
    El Eternauta - La historieta original - Edicion especial - Literatura complementaria Illustrator Doedytores 2016 Spanish
    The eternonaut Author Fantagraphics 2019 English
    L'Eternauta (2011) Illustrator 001 Edizioni 2011 Italian
    Kidnapped 2 Author Titan 1999 English
    Marcianeros Illustrator 001 Edizioni 2018 Italian
    L'Eternauta il Vagabondo dell'Infinito #3 Illustrator Eura Editoriale 1993 Italian
    El Eternauta. Segunda parte Illustrator Norma Editorial 2011 Spanish
    El Eternauta Illustrator Norma Editorial 2008 Spanish
    La confederación del núcleo Illustrator 001 Ediciones 0 Spanish

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