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Asociación De Historietistas Independientes
Argentine comics creators formed the Asociación de Historietistas Independientes (Spanish language, Spanish for Association of Independent Comic Creators) at Buenos Aires convention Fantabaires in 1996, to collectively address the challenges of independent publishing. Soon, more than 100 magazines throughout Argentina sported the AHI logo. AHI's first major accomplishment was ''Historieta Bajo Tierra'' (Underground Comics), a convention that brought together the entire Argentine indie comics community. Building on the success of this event, AHI bought a stand at Fantabaires in 1998 to nurture the previously nonexistent indie comics market. Other accomplishments included putting a common logo on the covers of member comics and organizing events to display and disseminate good new works. Productora website (Spanish) AHI kept growing in 1998 as new offices popped up throughout the country. AHI held its first national meeting in the ''Che'' Plaza of Rosario, Argentina. At this event, me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Comics
Argentine comics ( es, historietas) are one of the most important comic traditions internationally, and the most important within Latin America, living its "Golden Age" between the 1940s and the 1960s. Soon after, in 1970, the theorist Oscar Masotta synthesized its contributions in the development of their own models of action comics ( Oesterheld, Hugo Pratt), humor comics ( Divito, Quino) and folkloric comics (Walter Ciocca) and the presence of other artists (Hugo Pratt and Alberto Breccia). Masotta, Oscar: (1970). ''La historieta en el mundo moderno''. Barcelona: Paidós. p.144-146. History Early years The first cartoons to appear in Argentina were editorial cartoons in political satire magazines at the end of the 19th century. These cartoons, originally single panels, quickly evolved to multiple panel constructions with sequential action. Many used methods such as text indicating dialogue emanating from the speaker's mouth, or text below the drawings for dialogue and explanati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantabaires
Fantabaires is a comics convention in Buenos Aires that started in 1996.Peter David, David, Peter (December 3, 1999),Fantabaires convention, part 1 Comics Buyer's Guide #1359. Retrieved August 31, 2016 Unlike Salon (art), salons in Europe, which are typically organized by major publishers, this convention was organized by a local comic shop and a couple local comic magazines. At the first convention, creators formed the Asociación de Historietistas Independientes (Association of Independent Comic Creators). References Comics conventions {{comic-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosario, Argentina
Rosario () is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most populous city in Argentina that is not a capital (provincial or national). With a growing and important metropolitan area, Greater Rosario has an estimated population of 1,750,000 . One of its main attractions includes the neoclassical, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco architecture that has been retained over the centuries in hundreds of residences, houses and public buildings. Rosario is the head city of the Rosario Department and is located at the heart of the major industrial corridor in Argentina. The city is a major railroad terminal and the shipping center for north-eastern Argentina. Ships reach the city via the Paraná River, which allows the existence of a port. The Port of Rosario is subject to silting and must be dredged periodically. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Productora
La Productora is an independent collective publishing group based in Morón, Argentina in Gran Buenos Aires. The organization emerged from the Asociación de Historietistas Independientes Argentine comics creators formed the Asociación de Historietistas Independientes (Spanish language, Spanish for Association of Independent Comic Creators) at Buenos Aires convention Fantabaires in 1996, to collectively address the challenges of ind ... (Association of Independent Comic Creators - AHI), as a result of irreconcilable differences between constituents. One group within AHI, including the president and vice-president of the organization, began to feel that AHI's openness to all creators compromised their artistic goals. This group split from the organization in 1999 and formed their own group. In addition to a common logo, each comic produced by La Productora has the same mini-comic format. Furthermore, each member of this small group of six creators must submit their work to a collect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leyendas (convention)
Leyendas was a fantasy and science fiction convention focusing on all kinds of comics, cartoons, anime/ manga and other popular forms of art, as well as card, strategy and role-playing games, held annually in Rosario, Argentina, since 1999. It was hosted at the ''Centro de Expresiones Contemporáneas'' (CEC), a large, austere brick building formerly part of the port's facilities. The convention was organized by the Asociación de Historietistas Independientes (Spanish for Association of Independent Comic Creators)''Asociación de Historietistas de Rosario', AHI) and by a local comics store (Milenario Comics'), and it was supported by several other organizations, including the Municipality of Rosario. The convention featured exhibitions of art by professional and amateur graphic artists, introductory role-playing sessions, film projections, talks and lectures, etc. In addition to these, ''Leyendas'' traditionally ends with performances by cover bands and/or karaoke, and with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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