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Francisco Solano Lopez
(b. 1928, Argentina)
Francisco Solano Lopez is one
of the best Argentine comic artists, who has been published all over the
world. He started his career in the early 1950s at Columbia publishers
in Buenos Aires. His first works include 'Perico y Guillerma'. He then
joined April publishers, where he illustrated a comic adaptation of Jack
London's 'Friso Kid'. For this publisher he also illustrated several
series written by the legendary
Hector German Oesterheld,
such as 'Pablo Maran', 'Uma-Uma' and, most notable, the science-fiction
series 'El Eternauta'. He co-founded Frontera publishers with Oesterheld,
and alternated on the 'Ernie Pike' series with
Hugo
Pratt, Jorge Moliterni and
José
Muñoz. Solano Lopez was also active for
the British market, with several comics for the Fleetway agency and the
'Kelly's Eye' series.
In 1976 he returned to Buenos
Aires, getting back to work on some of his older series ('Ernie Pike',
'El Eternauta') and starting some new (the science-fiction saga
'Slot-Barr', written by Ricardo Barrero, and the police series 'Evaristo'
with
Carlos Sampayo).
In the 90s, Solano Lopez took on erotic comics. Big hits were 'El
Prostíbulo del Terror', also with a story by Barreiro (and the two
sequels about the erotic story of Lilian & Agatha), and 'Silly
Symphony', a full-color series without words for the magazine Kiss Comix.
Solano has received the First Prize for the Best Erotic Author in the
Barcelona Erotic Salon and the Diario de Aviso's Prize for the 'Best
Realistic Cartoonist'.
Francisco Solano López has been
around in the world of comics for more than forty years, having been
published in countries all over the world. He has worked in all genres
and styles. He started his career in the now far-off year of 1950, his
works 'El Eternauta', created in collaboration with the mythical story
writer Oesterheld, and 'Slot Barr', with Ricardo Barreiro, being justly
celebrated. It was in the 90s, though, that Solano López had his biggest
hits, with 'El Prostíbulo del Terror', also with a story by Barreiro
(and the two sequels about the erotic story of Lilian & Agatha), and
'Silly Symphony', a full-color series without words for the magazine
Kiss Comix. Solano has received the First Prize for the Best Erotic
Author in the Barcelona Erotic Salon and the Diario de Aviso's Prize for
the 'Best Realistic Cartoonist'.
Known comic series:
Amazons from Space
El Eternauta
The Eye of Zoltec
Lilian and Agatha
Sexy Symphonies
Young Witches Volume 1
Young Witches Volume 2
Young Witches Volume 3
Young Witches Volume 4
Young Witches Volume 5
Young Witches Volume 6
Young Witches Volume 7
Young Witches Volume 8
Young Witches Volume 9
Young Witches Volume 10
Young Witches Volume 11
Young Witches Volume 12 - ?
Slot Barr
Anna
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