Horacio Altuna (born November 24, 1941) is an

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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

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-like superhero, Kabul de Bengala (1971, written by

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and Armando Fernández among others), Big Norman, Hilario Corvalán and others. From 1973 to 1976, Altuna collaborated with

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, Ediciones Record,

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, ''

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'' and the French

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. Beginning in July 1975, for the newspaper '' Clarín'', Altuna together with writer

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created the character of journalist Hugo Chávez, better known as ''El loco Chavez (Crazy Chavez)'', for years one of the Argentine's most popular comics strips. Also with Trillo script, Altuna drew the series ''Charlie Moon'' and ''Las puertitas del señor López (Mr Lopez little doors)'' In 1982, Altuna moved to

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in Spain, drawing stories for the Editorial Toutain and short erotic stories for ''Playboy''. Since February 2005, has designed the

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''Familia Tipo'' (Average Family) for the Spanish newspaper ''El Periódico''.

Bibliography

Altuna's work as principal author (writer/artist, except where noted) includes: *Daily strips published in the

newspaper '' Clarín'': **''El Loco Chávez'' (with writer Carlos Trillo, 1975–87) **''El Nene Montanaro'' (1994–2002) **''Es lo que Hay (Reality)'' (2010–present) *''Las puertitas del Sr. López'', with Carlos Trillo *''Merdichesky'', with Trillo *''El último recreo'', with Trillo *''Tragaperras'', with Trillo *''Ficcionario'' (1983) *''Chances'' (1985) *''Imaginario'' (1987–88) *''Time/Out'' (1986) * Various cartoons for ''Playboy'' (since 1988) *''Hot L.A.'' (1992, 2000)

Awards

* 1986: and for Best Foreign Author

References

External links

Horacio Altuna biography
on Lambiek Comiclopedia

1941 births Argentine cartoonists Argentine comics artists Argentine erotic artists Argentine speculative fiction artists Living people People from Córdoba, Argentina {{LatAm-comics-creator-stub