Ernesto Rudesindo García Seijas (1 June 1941 – 28 March 2023) was an
Argentine comics artist.
Biography
García Seijas was born in
Ramos Mejía
Ramos Mejía is a Town in La Matanza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The town has an area of and a population of 98,547. The city is one of the largest commercial districts in the Western Zone of Greater Buenos Aires.
History
The l ...
, and at age 17 he made his debut in comics by providing art for the series ''Bill y Boss'', published in the Argentine magazine ''Totem''. Also in 1958 he started working for the magazine ''Bucaneros'' in the eponymous series, as well as for other publishers as artist and cover illustrator.
In the 1960s and 1970s he worked with
Hector G. Oesterheld at the magazines ''Frontera'', ''Hora Cero'', ''Misterix'' and '' Rajo Rojo'': titles he worked on include ''Tom de la Pradera '' and '' Leon Loco''. García Seijas later collaborated substantially for Columba, a publisher specializing in romantic comics books for women and in film adaptations; these include ''Helena'', created by
Robin Wood, which was turned into a TV series in the 1980s.
García Seijas also worked for Columba's main rival, Record, with adventure/mystery/western works such as ''
Skorpio'' and ''Many Riley'' (written by
Ray Collins), ''El Hombre de Richmond'' ("The Man of Richmond", script by Andrea Mantelli), ''La estirpe de Josh'' (written by
Alfredo Grassi) and ''Los aventureros'' (script by
Carlos Albiac). For Columba he drew ''Kevin'', also written by Robin Wood.
García Seijas produced comics strips for the newspapers ''
El Clarín'' (''
El Negro Blanco'', an erotic comic strip written by
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 ...
, 1987), ''
La Nación
''La Nación'' () is an Argentine daily newspaper. As the country's leading conservative newspaper, ''La Nación''s main competitor is the more liberal '' Clarín''. It is regarded as a newspaper of record for Argentina.
Its motto is: "''La Na ...
'' (''Especies en Peligro'', written by Viviana Centol, 2000) and ''
La Prensa ''La Prensa'' ("The Press") is a frequently used name for newspapers in the Spanish-speaking world. It may refer to:
Argentina
* ''La Prensa'' (Buenos Aires)
* , a current publication of Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz
Bolivia
* ''La Prensa'' (La Paz ...
'' (''Bardo''); ''El Negro Blanco'' later spawned the erotic-thriller series ''Flopi''. Most of these series were translated in Italy by
Eura Editoriale in its magazines ''
Skorpio'' and ''
Lanciostory''. In 1990s García Seijas started to work directly for Eura Editoriale and then for
Sergio Bonelli Editore
Sergio Bonelli Editore (formerly CEPIM and other names) is a publishing house of Italian comics founded in 1940 by Gian Luigi Bonelli (1908–2001). It takes its name from its former president, comic book writer Sergio Bonelli (1932–2011), son of ...
, Italy's largest comics publisher. Among his series for Eura are ''Radzel'', fantasy comics written by
Eduardo Mazzitelli (1999).
García Seijas' first work for Bonelli was ''
Julia
Julia is usually a feminine given name. It is a Latinate feminine form of the name Julio and Julius. (For further details on etymology, see the Wiktionary entry "Julius".) The given name ''Julia'' had been in use throughout Late Antiquity (e.g ...
'' #80, written by
Giancarlo Berardi
Giancarlo Berardi (born 15 November 1949) is an Italian comic book writer. Born in Genoa, he is most famous as creator of comics '' Ken Parker'' (1977) and ''Julia
Julia is usually a feminine given name. It is a Latinate feminine form of th ...
. Later he entered the staff of regular artists working for
Tex Willer
Tex Willer is the main fictional character of the Italian comics series ''Tex'', created by writer Gian Luigi Bonelli and illustrator Aurelio Galleppini, and first published in Italy on 30 September 1948. It is among the most popular characters ...
, starting with the story "Polizia Apache" (in the ''Almanacco del West'' 2007), followed by his first story for the ongoing series in 2008 (#571, in May). In 2011 Bonelli published his Tex large-format one-shot ''Le iene di Lamont'' (2011), with script by
Claudio Nizzi.
García Seijas died on 28 March 2023, at the age of 81.
Murió el dibujante Ernesto García Seijas
References
External links
Official website
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1941 births
2023 deaths
People from Buenos Aires Province
Argentine comics artists
Argentine comic strip cartoonists
Argentine erotic artists