''Hombre'' is a Spanish

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series written by

Antonio Segura Antonio Segura (June 13, 1947 – January 31, 2012) was a Spanish comics writer. Biography Antonio Segura's earliest work appeared in the early 1980s after meeting the experienced artists José Ortiz, Luis Bermejo and Leopoldo Sanchez who we ...

and drawn by José Ortiz, first published in 1981 in the magazine ''Cimoc''.

Publication history

Created during the resurgence of

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in the years after the fall of

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, Segura wrote ''Bogey'' and ''Orka'' in the same period, though it was ''Hombre'' in collaboration with Ortiz that would prove the most successful. After its initial run in ''Cimoc'', Segura and Ortiz brought ''Hombre'' to the magazine ''KO Comics'', one of the three magazines the artists' publishing cooperative Metropol produced during its short existence in 1984. After Metropol ceased business, ''Hombre'' relocated to the pages of ''Cimoc'' for a second run. The Spanish album releases were published by

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. Enjoying popularity in France, the series was printed in albums by publishers Kesselring, Magic Strip and Soleil Productions. English language translations of the series appeared in '' Heavy Metal'' during the 1980s and 1990s. In Italy, it appeared starting from 1982 in the magazine ''

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''.

Synopsis

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series, ''Hombre'' is set on Earth after the collapse of the technological civilization. The protagonist moves through the scenery as a disillusioned solitary survivor, with lingering traces of humanity despite the widespread debased nature of most people he encounters. He always has a ragged cigarette in the corner of his mouth, and is often accompanied by a young woman who came of age after the collapse and thus is accommodated to the life of a naked savage. Though the plot is compared with that of ''

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'', ''Hombre'' does not share the underlying motif of hope and survival of humanity of the former.

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''Hombre'' albums
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Publication history

Synopsis

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