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This illustration was produced for the advertising campaign that accompanied the first launch of Eternauta II in Argentina.
It is a kiosk poster that was displayed a few weeks before the release of the first episode published by Ediciones Record s.c.a. in December 1976 (Skorpio Libro de Oro nº 2).
The subject is the classic one of Juan Salvo - the Eternaut - walking around wearing a protective suit with a carbine on his shoulder.
The illustration came directly from the artist.
It is a kiosk poster that was displayed a few weeks before the release of the first episode published by Ediciones Record s.c.a. in December 1976 (Skorpio Libro de Oro nº 2).
The subject is the classic one of Juan Salvo - the Eternaut - walking around wearing a protective suit with a carbine on his shoulder.
The illustration came directly from the artist.
Inscriptions
On the right side signed: SOLANO
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About Francisco Solano Lopez
Francisco Solano López (October 26, 1928 – August 12, 2011) was a comics artist. Acknowledged as one of the most influential Argentine comics artists, he was best known as the co-creator of El Eternauta.
López began his career in 1953 working for the publishing house Columba where he illustrated the series Perico y Guillerma. Working for Editorial Abril he met Héctor Germán Oesterheld, assigned to illustrate his series Bull Rocket for the magazine Misterix. They collaborated on the series Pablo Maran and Uma-Uma, before joining to start Oesterheld's publishing house Editorial Frontera. For the Frontera first publication of the monthly Hora Cero, the team produced the series Rolo el marciano adoptivo and El Héroe. López also alternated as artist on the Ernie Pike series with Hugo Pratt, Jorge Moliterni and José Antonio Muñoz. On September 4, 1957 in the publication of Hora Cero Suplemento Semanal, the science-fiction series El Eternauta made its first appearance.
