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Francisco Solano López (October 26, 1928 – August 12, 2011) was an Argentine comics artist. He was the co-creator of ''El Eternauta''. ==Career== Born in Buenos Aires, Solano López began his career in 1953 working for the publishing house Columba where he illustrated the series ''Perico y Guillerma''. Working for Editorial Abril he met Héctor Germán Oesterheld, assigned to illustrate his series ''Bull Rocket'' for the magazine ''Misterix''. They collaborated on the series ''Pablo Maran'' and ''Uma-Uma'', before joining to start Oesterheld's publishing house Editorial Frontera.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =Artist - Francisco Solano López )〕 For the Frontera first publication of the monthly ''Hora Cero'', the team produced the series ''Rolo el marciano adoptivo'' and ''El Héroe''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =Hora Cero )〕 López also alternated as artist on the ''Ernie Pike'' series with Hugo Pratt, Jorge Moliterni and José Antonio Muñoz.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =Francisco Solano López )〕 On September 4, 1957 in the publication of ''Hora Cero Suplemento Semanal'', the science-fiction series ''El Eternauta'' made its first appearance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =Llega El Eternauta )〕 A success, ''El Eternauta'' came to the attention of the authorities as the series featured commentary of the political situation of Argentina and neighbouring Chile, prompting Solano López to flee for Spain to avoid possible arrest.〔 In 1959 Solano López began working for Fleetway in Madrid and later London, producing artwork for a host of series, including ''Galaxus: The Thing from Outer Space'', ''Pete's Pocket Army'', ''The Drowned World'', ''Janus Stark'', and ''Kelly's Eye''. Having returned to Argentina, Solano López resumed collaboration with Oesterheld on ''El Eternauta II'' in 1968 with a new publishing house, Editorial Records. He also started work on science-fiction saga ''Slot-Barr'' with writer Ricardo Barreiro, and the police series ''Evaristo'' with Carlos Sampayo.〔 In the late 1970s Solano López again fled Argentina following persecution from the authorities, and from Madrid he arranged the publication of both ''El Eternauta'' and ''Slot-Barr'' with the Italian magazines ''LancioStory'' and ''Skorpio''.〔 In the 1990s, Solano López produced work in the erotic comics genre, achieving hits with ''El Prostíbulo del Terror'', from a story by Barreiro, and ''Silly Symphony'', made for the magazine ''Kiss Comix''. Solano López died on August 12, 2011 from a cerebral hemorrhage.〔(Murió Francisco Solano López, dibujante de El Eternauta ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francisco Solano López (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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