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. In 1982, he moved to Spain, where he got assiciated with Josep Toutain's agency. Altuna Fernandes (Horacio Altuna) Comic books buying, selling or collecting Manage your Horacio H.
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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. From rear cover: 'These seven futuristic fantasies feature loners, porn stars, sex junkies, sexual incompetents, dictators and other losers - but the real star of each story is one very special video game'. In addition, he worked for the publishers Quinterno, Abril and Atlantida, as well as the Fleetway group in London. Softcover, 64 pages, color illustrations by Altuna. So proud of all my work this year, & so little of it is public yet, but heres a taste. Hector German sterheld), Serie Negra (sc. Robin Wood), Kabul de Bengala et Los Cuzados (sc. Pour les Éditions Columba (1967/1975) il dessine Hilario Corvalán (sc. Covers, posters, games, & comics, Im into it all. Autodidacte, Horacio Altuna fait ses débuts en Argentine en 1965, où ses premiers récits sont publiés. 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). Im Evan Cagle, an illustrator, animator, & art director in Los Angeles.
Self-taught artist Horacio Altuna made his debut in Argentina in 1965.