The Eternaut
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (955 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1606998501 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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2016 Eisner Award Winner for Best Archival Collection/ProjectStrips! Seminal Argentinian science fiction graphic novel whose main character is still viewed as a symbol of resistance in Latin America. This originally appeared as weekly installments from 1957-59. Cold War tensions, aliens of all sizes, spaceand time travelthis one has it all. Black & white. Juan Salvo, the inimitable protagonist, along with his friend Professor Favalli and the tenacious metal-worker Franco, face what appears to be a nuclear accident, but quickly turns out to be something much bigger than they had imagined
. Hector German Oesterheld (HGO) (born July 23, 1919; "disappeared" by the military and presumed dead 1977), was an Argentinean journalist and graphic novel and comics writer. As a result, he was forced to produce many of these works in exile. Notable works include his science-fiction series El Eternauta, as well as Che, a biography of Che Guevara.Francisco Solano Lopez (1928-2011) was an Argentinean comic artist who created a number of works about corruption and repression in hi
Gustavo J. Lovato said Stunning first English edition.. I have been a fan of 'El Eternauta' ever since my father bought me the 11 separate weekly installments in the early 80s in Argentina. Since then, I must have read it dozens of times and own many collectable editions. This is the first time it has been edited in English, and I can tell you it is stunning. The hard cover is protected by a cardboard sleeve and the whole book is beautifully designed. The paper is thick and the artwork sharp and true to the original. The English translation is well executed as well. Overall, it will make a proud addition to my (a. "Simply astonishing and the best version available!" according to Diego Cordoba. A little background on the series:The Eternaut, written and created by the prolific writer Hector German Oesterheld and illustrated by Francisco Solano Lopez finally appears for the first time in the English language. Considered a cult classic not only as a comic book series but as a science-fiction graphic novel due to its length (over three hundred pages long), The Eternaut first appeared between the years 1957-59, serialized in the weekly Argentinean comics magazine Hora Cero (Zero Hour).You must take in context that at the time this series appeared, TV s. Blown Away!!! Amazon Customer It is fantastic!!! I was so blown away by the quality of it all. The box it comes in is designed with images of The Eternaut, front and back. You won't want to throw away its box. The book is big and heavy, like treasure. The cover is shiny and really high quality. The translation is as good as it gets. This, I know because I have the spanish version and I can totally tell that they did a fantastic job all around. The story is a classic and believe me when I say that you will want to read it many times during your life. I guess you could say it is Twilight Z
(Nov.)\n . But it's not just a weather anomaly—it's the deadly first wave of an alien invasion. One night in Buenos Aires, Juan Salvo is playing poker with his buddies when snow starts falling. A taut against-all-odds plot quickly snaps into gear, with Juan and his buddies fashioning deep-sea survival suits and tromping through an eerily empty, snow-shrouded city to do battle with ever more deadly waves of remote-controlled monsters. Lopez's noirish black-and-white art, the equal of his EC Comics contemporaries, cleverly highlights both Oesterheld's moody philosophizing and the high-octane action scenes. From Publishers Weekly Oesterheld's gritty and ruminative series, published in an Argentinian newspaper from 1957 to 1959, is one of the great alien-invasion stories of the golden age of SF. The complicated twists and existential bleakness deliver a