A talented realistic comic artist, Altuna has made many innovations in traditional comic layout, experimenting with the placement of his text balloons.
While his main focus in the 1990s were erotic comics, he also produced the family comic 'Familia Tipo' in El Periódico and later in the Argentinian daily El Nene Montano. He specialized short erotic stories, which were published in most of the European editions of Playboy magazine. In the 1990s, he produced several albums published by Toutain ('Charlie Moon'), Les Humanoïdes Associés ('Noëls Fripons', 'Douce Randonnée') and Titanic ('Voyeur').įrom 1993, he was present in Co & Co, a new adult monthly of Ediciones B, for which he conceived 'Hot L.A.'. In 1986, he drew the political fiction 'Chances' in Pilote et Charlie, and received the 'Yellow Kid Award for the Best Illustrator' from the International Comics Salon in Lucca. He contributed to magazines like Zona 84, Comix Internacional, Cimoc and Play Boy.Already a master of black and white techniques, he devoted himself to stories in color, like 'Ficcionario', 'Tragaperas', 'Merdichensky' and 'Charlie Moon', which were published all over Europe. He began a longtime collaboration with the publishing house Colomba in Buenos Aires in 1967, where he co-created characters like 'Big Norman' (with writer Robin Wood), 'Hilario Corvalan' (with Sergio Almendre), 'Los Cuzados' and 'Kabul' (with Hector German Oesterheld). In 1982, he moved to Spain, where he got assiciated with Josep Toutain's agency. Self-taught artist Horacio Altuna made his debut in Argentina in 1965.
The strip was a huge success, and was adapted for TV and published in Spain and France.Īltuna became secretary of the Argentinian Comic Association and taught graphics at the School of Arts in Buenos Aires.
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In 1975, he created the series 'El Loco Chavez' with the writer Carlos Trillo in the daily Clarin. Ink and watercolour 22.7 X 30.7 cm Published in Playboy magazine. In addition, he worked for the publishers Quinterno, Abril and Atlantida, as well as the Fleetway group in London. Top Rated Lists for Horacio Altuna 100 items Artists that can draw a Smokin' Hottie 53 items Favorite Artists Part 5 Top contributors to this wiki. La obra, encuadrada en el subgnero de la distopa, se compone de episodios autoconclusivos, y cuenta las aventuras cotidianas de Beto. Ele recebeu dois prmios Yellow Kid (1986 e 2004). Lpez, ambos com roteiros de Carlos Trillo e Ficcionario. Self-taught artist Horacio Altuna made his debut in Argentina in 1965. Ficcionario es una historieta de ciencia ficcin del autor argentino Horacio Altuna, publicada en Espaa en 1983 por la revista 1984, y al ao siguiente en Argentina por la revista Fierro. Horacio Altuna (Crdova, 24 de novembro de 1941) um quadrinista argentino reconhecido internacionalmente por seu trabalho, entre os quais El Loco Chvez e Las puertitas del Sr.