Oscar Zárate (born 1942) is an

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and

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. Zarate studied architecture and had a successful career in advertising in Argentina. He moved to Europe in 1971 and began to work in earnest as an illustrator. He has drawn for the UK comics magazine '' Crisis''. In the Introducing... and ...For Beginners book series he illustrated texts written by

Richard Appignanesi Richard Appignanesi (born December 20, 1940) is a Canadian writer and editor. He was the originating editor of the internationally successful illustrated '' For Beginners'' book series (since 1991 called the '' Introducing...'' series), as well ...

, Alexei Sayle, Dylan Evans, J P McEvoy, Angus Gellatly, Rupert Woodfin and

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. He is perhaps best known in the United States as the artist for the graphic novel ''

A Small Killing ''A Small Killing'' is a graphic novel by Alan Moore, published in 1991. It was illustrated by Oscar Zárate. The book has been published by a number of companies and in 2003 it was reprinted by Avatar Press. Publication history The graphic nove ...

'' written by Alan Moore, one-shot story about a once idealistic advertising executive haunted by his boyhood self.

Bibliography

;As artist, unless otherwise noted * '' Lenin for Beginners'' (

Writers and Readers For Beginners LLC is a publishing company based in Danbury, Connecticut, that publishes the ''For Beginners'' graphic nonfiction series of documentary comic books on complex topics, covering an array of subjects on the college level. Meant to ap ...

, 1977) — written by Richard Appignanesi * ''

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for Beginners'' (Writers and Readers, 1979) — written by Richard Appignanesi * William Shakespeare's ''

Othello ''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cypru ...

'' (Ravette, 1983) * '' Dr Faustus'' (World Theatre Classics) ( Abacus, 1986, ) - written by

* ''Geoffrey the Tube Train and the Fat Comedian'' (Methuen, 1987, ) — written by Alexei Sayle * ''

'' (VG Graphics, 1991) — written by Alan Moore * '' Stephen Hawking for Beginners'' (

Icon Books Richard Appignanesi (born December 20, 1940) is a Canadian writer and editor. He was the originating editor of the internationally successful illustrated '' For Beginners'' book series (since 1991 called the '' Introducing...'' series), as well ...

, 1995) — written by J.P. McEvoy * ''Quantum Theory for Beginners'' (Icon Books, 1996) — written by J.P. McEvoy * ''Mind & Brain for Beginners'' (Icon Books, 1998) — written by Angus Gellatly * ''Introducing Evolutionary Psychology'' (Icon Books, 1999) — written by Dylan Evans * ''Introducing Existentialism'' (Icon Books, 2001) — written by Richard Appignanesi * ''Introducing Marxism'' (Icon Books, 2004) — written by Rupert Woodfin

External links

Oscar Zarate at the Comiclopedia
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