Woodring wrote the scripts for the comicbook adaptation of freaks, illustrated by francisco solano lopez and colored by mary. View lazelles comic book collection on league of comic geeks. He started his career in the early 1950s with columbia publishers in buenos aires. The artist francisco solano lopez, who has died aged 82, was a major figure in the world of international comics, active for 60 years. Kidnapped jim woodring, jason green, francisco solano lope, francisco solano lopez on. Jim woodring born october 11, 1952 is an american cartoonist, fine artist, writer and toy designer. Deep city written by carlos sampayo and released in the u.
Our artists francisco solano lopez fantagraphics books. The characters were revived in 2005 in a comic book miniseries authored by writer alan moores daughter leah. Francisco solano lopez comic art member gallery results page 1. He precipitated the war of the triple alliance, which almost destroyed paraguay. Beautiful but cruel trapeze artist cleopatra toys with the affections of midget hans, but this does not sit well with the other members of their traveling sideshow. As a result, he was forced to produce many of these works in exile. Francisco solano lopez was one of the best argentine comic artists, whose work has been published all over the world. Kidnapped is a threeissue limited comic book series that was first published by dark horse comics from december 1997february 1998. The characters were revived in 2005 in a comic book miniseries. Woodring would later describe the story in his comic strip too stupid to live.
The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. The authors used the comic strip in order to speak to the reader about. Francisco solano lopez october 26, 1928 august 12, 2011 was an argentine comics artist. His first works were childrens books and scientific articles for two publishers, codex and abril. Francisco solano lopez golden romics of the i edition francisco solano lopez was one of the best argentine comic artists, whose work has been published all over the world. Francisco solanolopez was born on october 26, 1928 in buenos aires, argentina. He is best known for the dreambased comics he published in his magazine jim, and as the creator of the anthropomorphic cartoon character frank, who has appeared. Solano lopez comic art member gallery results page 2. The eternaut, by hector german oesterheld and francisco solano lopez. His first stories, for argentine editors such as colomba and record, were largely inspired by hugo pratt during the years he spent in argentina and francisco solano lopez. Francisco solano lopez obituary comics and graphic. This comic art shop belongs to gallery tavoleoriginali.
There are 17 comic art dealer results were also searching on the following alternative names and common misspellings to come up with the results on this page. Of you are an alien fan and feel that you must own all the alien comics for collectors purposes, then by all means buy it. Im still a little leary of continuing to post full issues of things from the bronze age, having come close to being legally burned a couple of times, and i have actually had thoughts of combining the two blogs in some way great news next week, chums. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Thanks to him many new talents have been launched as artist and writers. Jim woodring is an american comics artist, best known for his. Comic book artistscomic book charactersmarvel characterscomic artistcomic charactercomic books artrafael albuquerque. Historias tristes and the standalone graphic novel ana, which ends with the. Francisco solano lopez, born 26th october 1928, died 12th august 2011 web links francisco solano lopez lambiek career overview for on flickr in spanish francisco solano lopez biography on a full listing of his british credits on first published in the french magazine pimpf. This was a 2part comic book and this book is the collaboration of the two. Francisco solano lopez 19282011 was one of the foremost latin american. In the 1970s he moved to europe, living in paris and rome for six years.
In the dark reaches of the universe lies a remote planet that holds both forbidden pleasures and unspeakable horrors. He started his career in the early 1950s with columbia publisher in buenos aires. When they discover cleopatras plot to murder hans for his money, the sideshow performers exact a terrible revenge. I have always envied the incredible use of pencil in. This visual propaganda shows why the paraguayans were sure they would win the war. Hello select your address todays deals best sellers customer service find a gift registry new releases gift cards best sellers customer service find a gift registry new releases gift cards. Francisco solano lopez 19282011 was one of the foremost latin american comics artists of his generation, and cofounded the publishing company frontera with oesterheld. He was known in his native argentina for the sciencefiction. He then began an association with abril publishers, where he illustrated a comic adaptation of jack londons friso kid. Join facebook to connect with francisco solano lopez and others you may know.
To our great fortune and with erica menas remarkable english translation, fantagraphics books has. One of the most famous comic artists from argentina. Francisco solano lopez illustrated the stories, while woodrings wife mary. The artist francisco solano lopez, who has died aged 82, was a major. Jul 23, 2016 the 2016 will eisner comic book industry eisner awards were announced at comic con last night.
Most of the aliens comic books have been great so far. Francisco solano lopez is an important point of reference in the world of. The 2016 will eisner comic book industry eisner awards were announced at comic con last night. Essentially the oscars of the comic book world, these awards honor the best books. Francisco solano lopez carrillo 24 july 1827 1 march 1870 was president of paraguay from 1862 until his death in 1870. Francisco solano lopez golden romics of the i edition. Mar 23, 2020 comic book historians and globo comic team up to discuss martian chronicles by ray bradbury, and the eternaut by hector german oesterheld, francisco solano lopez, and alberto breccia. It returned in 1995 in this sequel series, written by r. Part 1 of the officially licensed adaptation of the 1932 tod browning horror classic. Francisco selano lopez, artist of classic scifi the eternaut comic book series, is a master of ninth art and i think this is the one and only alien tale where the chestbuster xenomorph goes inside bodies instead than exploding out of them. Fleetway artist francisco solano lopez dan dare intro.
Francisco solano lopez obituary comics and graphic novels. His first comic book as writer was slotbar, with art by francisco solano lopez. Dark horse comics is the thirdlargest comics publisher in the u. Entrada mas reciente entrada antigua pagina principal. Francisco solano lopez dictator of paraguay britannica. It was with the latter that oesterheld debuted as a comic strip writer in 1950 with alan y crazy, drawn by italian artist eugenio. For three naive smugglers, its also a place to unload a deadly cargo. Woodring wrote the scripts for the comic book adaptation of freaks, illustrated by francisco solano lopez and colored by mary woodring. James william woodring born october 11, 1952 is an american cartoonist, fine artist, writer and toy designer. Hello select your address todays deals best sellers customer service find a gift registry new releases gift cards best sellers customer service. It was written by jim woodring and justin green, illustrated by francisco solano lopez, colored by chris chalenor, lettered by clem robins, and edited by philip amara, david land and ian stude, with cover art by kilian plunkett. The contaminated alien egg has hatched, and has become the problem of media personality hank zither.
Jul 23, 2016 2016 eisner award winners full list by chris arrant. Kidnapped woodring, jim, green, jason, lope, francisco solano, lopez, francisco solano on. Theres a treasure trove of spanishlanguage comics south of the border lost to englishonly readers. Reprints black and white stories from british comic weeklies of the 1960s.
Essentially the oscars of the comic book world, these awards honor the best books, creators and. Francisco solano lopez, 1928 2011 the comics journal. Dark horse, dark horse comics, and the dark horse logo are trademarks. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Francisco solano lopez 19282011 was an argentine comic artist who created a number of works about corruption and repression in his home country. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine users. He was the eldest son of juana pabla carrillo and the president carlos antonio lopez. Back to spain, he worked for spanish zona 84, comix international and italian lanciostory, skorpio magazines.
He is best known for the dreambased comics he published in his magazine. Francisco solano lopez obituary books the guardian. Francisco solano soy mariscal francisco solano lopez. In addition to the eternaut, he worked on edgy, literary works, including evaristo. Francisco solano lopez at the illustration art gallery. Book five, part 6 of 6 eros comic book young witches v.
The stories were illustrated by kilian plunkett, jason green and francisco solano lopez, and have been collected as aliens. The officially licensed adaptation of the 1932 tod browning horror classic. Written by frank cartoonist jim woodring and drawn by argentine artist francisco solano lopez. His work of this period is mainly related to war and.
Francisco solano lopez, the son of paraguayan president carlos antonio lopez, was born at the family estancia near asuncion on july 24, 1826. Pictured above is the class of 2016, featuring the award recipients and people who accepted awards for winners who werent present. Oct 24, 2011 the artist francisco solano lopez, who has died aged 82, was a major figure in the world of international comics, active for 60 years. All comic art shown is owned or created by our gallery owners at. The young witches are a group of girls raised in the cult of ishtar.
Somewhere in those forests is a man named janos, the leader of a gypsy circus who is whispered to be a vampire. Aliens kidnapped comic set 123 lot francisco solano lopez. Feb 26, 2020 francisco solano lopez, dictator of paraguay during the paraguayan war also known as the war of the triple alliance, in which paraguay was practically destroyed by brazil, argentina, and uruguay. Comic book artistscomic book characters marvel characterscomic artistcomic charactercomic books artrafael albuquerque. Sep 4, 20 i have always envied the incredible use of pencil in breccias work. Francisco solano lopez person francisco solano lopez is credited in 281 issues. Francisco solano lopez comic art member gallery results. Kidnapped with jim woodring and justin green in 199798. Francisco solano lopez was one of the best argentine comic artists, whose work has. There, they learned to master their talentpsychokinetic powersas well as being indoctrinated into the world of female sexuality.
But playing unknowing host to a chestburster isnt enough to cancel his trip to a new pleasure planet with sexy ivy derringer. Aliens kidnapped comic set 123 lot francisco solano lopez art chestburster new. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Solano lopez was a workhorse comfortable in any genre, whose. If you are looking for a new, interesting and actionpacked story like all previous aliens comics, then this is definitely not worth buying. Doctor who and arrow star john barrowman hosted the award ceremony, which honors the top comics and comics creators of. In a threehour ceremony hosted by john barrowman in a succession of impressive cosplay outfits, including marvel entertainments squirrel girl the will eisner comic industry awards. Francisco solano lopez 18261870 was a paraguayan dictator. In the 1990s, woodring wrote a number of stories for dark horse comics that were based on the aliens franchise. Freaks comic read freaks comic online in high quality. The eternaut by hector german oesterheld, francisco solano. Born in buenos aires, solano lopez began his career in 1953 working for the publishing house columba where he illustrated the series perico y guillerma.
Lopez, the eldest son of the dictator carlos antonio lopez, seized power upon his fathers death. Lazelles comic book collection league of comic geeks. Oesterheld, a geologist whose hobbies were philosophy and adventure novels, was first published in the mid1940s. Francisco solano lopez comic artist the most popular. Complete may 2018 free comic book day solicitations. The eternaut is considered one of the greats of argentinian comics and one of the great genre books ever, period. Until now, this included one of the most significant and famous. Sep 06, 2017 last night, comic con international presented the 28th annual eisner awards.