Horacio Altuna Explained

Birth Date:24 November 1941
Birth Place:Córdoba, Argentina
Area:artist
Awards:full list

Horacio Altuna (born November 24, 1941) is an Argentine comics artist.

Biography

Altuna was born in Córdoba. He began working in the comics world in 1965 for the publisher Editorial Columbia. His first characters were Titan, a Superman-like superhero, Kabul de Bengala (1971, written by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Armando Fernández among others), Big Norman, Hilario Corvalán and others.

From 1973 to 1976, Altuna collaborated with Fleetway, Ediciones Record, Charlton Comics, Playboy and the French Les Humanoïdes Associés.

Beginning in July 1975, for the newspaper Clarín, Altuna together with writer Carlos Trillo created the character of journalist Hugo Chávez, better known as El loco Chavez (Crazy Chavez), for years one of the Argentine's most popular comics strips. Also with Trillo script, Altuna drew the series Charlie Moon and Las puertitas del señor López (Mr Lopez little doors)

In 1982, Altuna moved to Sitges in Spain, drawing stories for the Editorial Toutain and short erotic stories for Playboy.[1] Since February 2005, has designed the comic strip Familia Tipo (Average Family) for the Spanish newspaper El Periódico.

Bibliography

Altuna's work as principal author (writer/artist, except where noted) includes:

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Horacio Altuna.
  2. Web site: Immagine-Centro Studi Iconografici . 17° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS, LUCCA 20, 1986. Italian.