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Dick El Artillero by José Luis Salinas Published by KFS in several countrys. I have a total of 5 comic strips all signed by José Luis Salinas.
"The saga, curiously, is not set in Argentina, but in some unspecified location in the Americas.
In its early days, in the 1970s, it was published in the United States and reprinted in France, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Colombia, Israel, and even the Fiji Islands."
"In South Africa, the comic strip didn't last long. It was quickly censored by apartheid, due to the prominence of Polidoro, a talented black teammate. "Writer, journalist, and comic book writer Juan Sasturain, also host of the program Continuará, notes that Dick wasn't Salinas's best work, but "it has the guaranteed quality of a master." "Dick the Gunner is a rare bird in the history of Argentine comics, which curiously devoted very few panels to soccer, despite the passion for the sport that characterizes the country. The strip's origin is also surprising: it was commissioned by King Features Syndicate, where Grassi and Salinas worked."
"These types of American agencies asked cartoonists for works that could be marketed to numerous countries around the world. Such a diverse readership forced the scriptwriter to write the plots in neutral Spanish.
"The saga, curiously, is not set in Argentina, but in some unspecified location in the Americas.
In its early days, in the 1970s, it was published in the United States and reprinted in France, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Colombia, Israel, and even the Fiji Islands."
"In South Africa, the comic strip didn't last long. It was quickly censored by apartheid, due to the prominence of Polidoro, a talented black teammate. "Writer, journalist, and comic book writer Juan Sasturain, also host of the program Continuará, notes that Dick wasn't Salinas's best work, but "it has the guaranteed quality of a master." "Dick the Gunner is a rare bird in the history of Argentine comics, which curiously devoted very few panels to soccer, despite the passion for the sport that characterizes the country. The strip's origin is also surprising: it was commissioned by King Features Syndicate, where Grassi and Salinas worked."
"These types of American agencies asked cartoonists for works that could be marketed to numerous countries around the world. Such a diverse readership forced the scriptwriter to write the plots in neutral Spanish.
Inscriptions
Signed Jose Luis Salinas and dated
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About José Luis Salinas
José Luis Salinas worked in the advertising field starting in 1929 for some of Argentina's biggest agencies. His earliest work appeared in El Tony and Paginas de Columba. Seven years later, he created his first sucessful comic series, 'Hernán el Corsario', which appeared in the pages of Patoruzu. This was soon followed by numerous series, like 'Capitàn Tormenta', 'La Costa de Marfil', 'Miguel Strogoff', 'Los Tres Mosqueteros', and others. For El Hogar, Salinas drew comic adaptations of popular literature.
In 1949, he moved to the United States, where he joined King Features. For this syndicate, he illustrated the newspaper strip of O'Henry's 'Cisco Kid' from 1951 to 1968. After 'Cisco Kid', Salinas focused on painting and illustration work, only returning to comics in 1971 to do the 'Gunner' strip with scripts by Alfreddo Grassi. His son, Alberto Salinas, also became a comic artist.
Text (c) Lambiek
