El Eternauta by Héctor Germán Oesterheld

This is one of the most exciting comics you'll ever read. Although Fantagraphics' magnificently luxurious edition comes with all the necessary historical information, you need know nothing of Peronism to enjoy it. It is at once both science fiction and political allegory. '.here is more to brilliant comic than meets the eye. These two stories, of course, point to a larger one: that of how we deal with the daily catastrophes and pitfalls of human existence, with or without extraterrestrials.' - Max Winter - The Boston Globe Crumb, one part Goya, one part Edvard Munch. Elsewhere, López's vigorous and occasionally terrifying drawings bring us from one hair-raising moment to the next, one part R. 'Oesterheld and López's Argentinian classic from the 1950s newly translated by Mena with a deftness and energy befitting the Borgesian, literary quality of the narrative. In much the same way that Tarantino spins poetry from trash cinema, Oesterheld constructs a political allegory out of sci-fi serials and adventure novels.ts apocalyptic lens facilitates its argument that anything can be overcome by unity, by refusing to accept oppression it is, at the end of the day, a paean to the human spirit.'

'.The Eternaut is a particularly compelling work, and it occupies an interesting point in Latin American literature. 'A sense of hope underlies the series, and it can be read as the struggle of the everyman to shirk off the yoke of oppression and to circumvent the cycle of slavery that war begets.' - Shea Hennum - Paste Some time in 1957, Argentine writer Hctor Germn Oesterheld created a highly metaphorical and political graphic novel. fascinating and exciting work.' - Ray Olson - Booklist

López draws the massive adventure in a sharp-edged, high-contrast, varyingly detailed manner. 'In Argentina, The Eternaut is a cultural milestone. The Eternaut was created by Héctor Germán Oesterheld, a writer who was disappeared as a result of his involvement in groups protesting against the country’s military dictatorship (he was.

El Eternauta by Héctor Germán Oesterheld