Carlos Meglia (December 11, 1957 – August 15, 2008) was a

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and

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born in the city of

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Río de la Plata, Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the Quilmes Partido, eponymous county. With a population of 230 ...

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. One of his best-known creations is 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 ...

'' series, done in partnership with

Carlos Trillo Carlos Trillo (May 1, 1943 – May 8, 2011) was an Argentine comic book writer, best known for writing the '' Cybersix'' comics. Biography Born in Buenos Aires, Trillo began a prolific career as writer at the age of 20, penning his first story fo ...

. Meglia died on August 15, 2008 at the age of 50.

1974

1974 is when Meglia debuted as an assistant to the illustrator Oswal Sanson, where he produced many illustrations for the magazines ''Pendulum'' and '' Skorpio''.

1979

Meglia illustrated the comic book adaptations of various literary classics such as ''Don Quichotte'', ''La Bible pour les Enfants'', and several books of Martin Fierro, the poet.

Early 1980s

He contributed to several major magazines of Argentina, including ''Satiricon'' – a humorous periodical, ''El Grafico'' – a sports magazine, and ''Billiken'' – a children's magazine.

1983

He made his first short comic stories for the ''Publisher Record''.

1984

Meglia decided to enter the

Hanna-Barbera Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ) was an American animation studio and production company which was active from 1957 to 2001. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera following the decision of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to c ...

Studios, where he worked in animation for some popular cartoon series, including

The Smurfs ''The Smurfs'' (french: Les Schtroumpfs; nl, De Smurfen) is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, humanoid creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. ''The Smurfs'' was first created and in ...

The Flintstones ''The Flintstones'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series takes place in a romanticized Stone Age setting and follows the activities of the titular family, the Flintstones, and their next-door neighb ...

, and

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' is an American animated comedy television series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera for CBS. The series premiered as part of the network's Saturday morning cartoon schedule on Septembe ...

, as well as the animated film ''The Magic Pumpkin''.

1987

*He teamed up with the famous Argentinian writer,

, and together they started Irish Coffee which is a comic series about a detective with supernatural powers. *Meglia subsequently created ''Big Bang and The Book of Gabriel'', the story of an archangel who lost his immortality and must endure a quest to gain forgiveness from the sin he committed. *He also did the cover art for Acme Editorial (on which it is signed with the pseudonym Mercuria Karur) and was a teacher of illustration at the School of Fine Arts in Quilmes, where he was born.

1991

Trillo and Meglia created their most famous character, Cybersix.

1993

*Meglia was awarded Best European Comic Character. *Meglia and Trillo start the two miniseries ''Lam'' and ''Livevil''.

1995

Cybersix becomes a live-action television series in Argentina however, its low ratings led it to only lasting seven episodes.

1999

*Cybersix becomes an animated television series. It debuted in Canada and Argentina on September 6, and was subsequently dubbed for French, Japanese, Malaysian, Polish, South American, and Thai viewers. *Meglia begins overseeing the production of a film based on Livelil.

Second half of the 1990s

After settling down in Spain, Meglia began working for the US market. He cooperated on series such as Wildcats, Dark Horse titles like Star Wars and Spyboy, as well as DC's Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle, Crimson, Adventures of Superman, and Monster World, as well as Marvel's Elektra.

2001

Cybersix animated series wins "Special Mention for the Best Science Fiction Program" at the Pulcinella Awards in Italy.

2005

*He created the series Canari with Belgian comic artist Didier Crisse. *Carlos Meglia dies of a heart attack on August 15, 2008 at age 50.

Bibliography

*''Star Wars: Underworld'' *'' Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle ''(2001) *''Adventures of Superman'' #603-605 (2002) *''Action Comics ''#799 (2003) *''Superman: Infinite City'' (2005)

References

External links

Carlos Meglia's Blog

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