Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
comic book writer
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In comics, a script may be preceded by a plot outline, and ...
, best known for writing the ''
Cybersix
''Cybersix'' is an Argentinean comic book series published in 1991, created by the Argentine authors Carlos Trillo (story) and Carlos Meglia (art) for the comics magazine '' Skorpio'' (Eura Editoriale). The series first appeared in Spanish in N ...
'' comics.
Biography
Born in
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 ...
, Trillo began a prolific career as writer at the age of 20, penning his first story for ''
Patoruzú
Patoruzú is a comic character created in 1928 by Dante Quinterno and is considered the most popular hero of Argentine comics. Patoruzú is a wealthy Tehuelche '' cacique'' with great estate properties in Patagonia, and possesses both super ...
'' magazine. Trillo, together with
Horacio Altuna
Horacio Altuna (born November 24, 1941) is an Argentine comics artist.
Biography
Altuna was born in Córdoba. He began working in the comics world in 1965 for the publisher Editorial Columbia. His first characters were Titan, a Superman-like s ...
, created the strip '' El Loco Chávez'', which appeared every day at the back of the newspaper '' Clarín'' from July 26, 1975 to November 10, 1987. After that, the strip was replaced by '' El Negro Blanco'', which he wrote for the artist
Ernesto García Seijas
Ernesto Rudesindo García Seijas (1 June 1941 – 28 March 2023) was an Argentine comics artist.
Biography
García Seijas was born in Ramos Mejía, and at age 17 he made his debut in comics by providing art for the series ''Bill y Boss'', publis ...
until September 1993.
He participated in the creation of several comics including ''
Cybersix
''Cybersix'' is an Argentinean comic book series published in 1991, created by the Argentine authors Carlos Trillo (story) and Carlos Meglia (art) for the comics magazine '' Skorpio'' (Eura Editoriale). The series first appeared in Spanish in N ...
'' in 1992, with
Carlos Meglia
Carlos Meglia (December 11, 1957 – August 15, 2008) was a comic book artist and penciller born in the city of Quilmes, Argentina. One of his best-known creations is the '' Cybersix'' series, done in partnership with Carlos Trillo. Meglia ...
, and the erotic ''
Clara de noche
Clara de noche (Clara at night), is a series of comic strips created in 1992 by comic book writers Carlos Trillo and Eduardo Maicas, and the cartoonist Jordi Bernet. It was published weekly in the Spanish magazine ''El Jueves'', starting from numb ...
'' and ''Cicca Dum Dum'' series with
Jordi Bernet
Jordi Bernet Cussó (born 14 June 1944) is a Spanish comics artist, best known for the gangster comics series ''Torpedo'' and for American weird western comic book ''Jonah Hex''.
Career
He was born in Barcelona, the son of a Spanish comic book a ...
. He has also collaborated with
Alberto Breccia
Alberto Breccia (April 15, 1919 – November 10, 1993) was an Uruguayan-born Argentina, Argentine artist and cartoonist. A gifted penciller and inker, Breccia is one of the most celebrated and famous comics/Historieta creators in the world, and sp ...
and
Alejandro Dolina
Alejandro Ricardo Dolina (born May 20, 1944) is an Argentine broadcaster, who also achieved fame as a musician, writer, radio host and television actor.Prize for Scenario at the
Angoulême International Comics Festival
The Angoulême International Comics Festival (french: Festival international de la bande dessinée d'Angoulême) is the second largest comics festival in Europe after the Lucca Comics & Games in Italy, and the third biggest in the world after Lu ...
.
Trillo died in
London
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on May 8, 2011, while on holiday with his wife.
Personal life
He married writer
Ema Wolf
Ema Wolf (born May 4, 1948) is an Argentine writer and journalist.Profile She has written numerous children's books and ...
; they had two children.
Bibliography
;with
Horacio Altuna
Horacio Altuna (born November 24, 1941) is an Argentine comics artist.
Biography
Altuna was born in Córdoba. He began working in the comics world in 1965 for the publisher Editorial Columbia. His first characters were Titan, a Superman-like s ...
*''El Loco Chávez''
*''Las puertitas del Sr. López''
*''Merdichesky''
*''El último recreo''
*''Tragaperras''
*''Charlie Moon''
;with
Jordi Bernet
Jordi Bernet Cussó (born 14 June 1944) is a Spanish comics artist, best known for the gangster comics series ''Torpedo'' and for American weird western comic book ''Jonah Hex''.
Career
He was born in Barcelona, the son of a Spanish comic book a ...
*''Clara de noche''
*''Light & Bold''
*''Ivan Piire''
*'' :es:Cicca Dum Dum''
;with
Eduardo Risso
Eduardo Risso (born 23 November 1959) is an Argentine comics artist. In the United States he is best known for his work with writer Brian Azzarello on the Vertigo title '' 100 Bullets'', while in Argentina and Europe he is noted for his collabor ...
Domingo Roberto Mandrafina
Domingo Roberto Mandrafina (born November 2, 1945, in Buenos Aires), also called Cacho Mandrafina, is an Argentine comics artist.
Biography
He debuted in 1969 on the magazine ''Patoruzito''. Two years later he illustrated the science fiction ser ...
Lucas Varela
Lucas or LUCAS may refer to:
People
* Lucas (surname)
* Lucas (given name)
Arts and entertainment
* Luca Family Singers, also known as "lucas ligner en torsk"
* ''Lucas'' (album) (2007), an album by Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities
* ''L ...
Alberto Breccia
Alberto Breccia (April 15, 1919 – November 10, 1993) was an Uruguayan-born Argentina, Argentine artist and cartoonist. A gifted penciller and inker, Breccia is one of the most celebrated and famous comics/Historieta creators in the world, and sp ...
*''Un tal Daneri'' (1975-1977)
*''Nadie'' (1977-1978)
*''Buscavidas'' (1981-1984)
;Others
*''
Cybersix
''Cybersix'' is an Argentinean comic book series published in 1991, created by the Argentine authors Carlos Trillo (story) and Carlos Meglia (art) for the comics magazine '' Skorpio'' (Eura Editoriale). The series first appeared in Spanish in N ...
'' (with
Carlos Meglia
Carlos Meglia (December 11, 1957 – August 15, 2008) was a comic book artist and penciller born in the city of Quilmes, Argentina. One of his best-known creations is the '' Cybersix'' series, done in partnership with Carlos Trillo. Meglia ...
)
*''Alvar Mayor'' (1977–1982, with
Enrique Breccia
Enrique Breccia (born 1945) is an Argentine comic book artist and writer.
Biography
Enrique Breccia, the son of noted comic artist Alberto Breccia, drew his first work in 1968, when together with his father illustrated '' Vida del Che'' ("Life ...
)
*''Sick Bird'' (with
Juan Bobillo
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...
)
Awards
* 1978: e ,
Lucca, Italy
Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957.
Lucca is known as one o ...
Lucca, Italy
Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957.
Lucca is known as one o ...
, for Best International Author
* 1999:
Angoulême Festival
Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a commune, the prefecture of the Charente department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Angoumoisins' ...