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When agreeing to the A to Z Blogging Challenge I had no idea I would be rushed to the Emergency Room days before the beginning.
I thought about tossing the Challenge. But he words tossing lacks a certain appeal at the moment. Then I thought what more of a challenge is there when you are in recovery that may take several weeks to several months, than to do some extra blogging?
Challenge accepted. Bring it.
I decided I would blog for me in these particular articles. I wanted to write about something I enjoy and learn a little of its history and greater spread than just North America.
The Subject?
Comic Book Creators from Around the World from A to Z.
Today you will learn about creators from Argentina from as early as 1939 who have influences on movies from today.
Comic Book may leave some of you thinking of funny books. No, these range from yes, funny books, but also serial stories from magazines to Graphic Novels.
Alberto Breccia and José Antonio Muñoz of Argentina have an influence upon comic books, and even film unlike anyone would ever imagine.
Alberto Breccia
Even though Alberto Breccia was born in Uruguay in 1919, he moved to Argentina at the age of three. Just like the diehard, true old style creators he didn’t start out with a commercial art degree. No, he moved to the slaughterhouse district of Buenos Aires where you had petty criminals mixed with the tango. Self taught he submitted his work to magazines for free while working with his father in tripe packing plant. Then in 1939 he turned pro drawing 
everything asked of it.
Forced to create to the direction of bosses he would not breakout and show his true talent that would become an influence on others until 1957’s Sherlock Time on which he worked with fellow Argentinian, Héctor German Oesterheld.
Along with Hugo Pratt, he created the Pan-American School of Art.
Click here to see images of Breccia’s Dracula where he works in color.
Perramus won Breccia the Amnesty International award for best work for Human Rights in 1989. You can click here to see images. The work was done as partly a dedication to his friend Oesterheld who disappeared in late 1977 and probably murdered in 1978 under the oppression of dictators that had taken the country.
Why do I speak of him? A couple of reasons: Mort Cinder, and the art techniques Breccia used. Mort Cinder is one of the most important comic book to ever have been created in Argentina. Having read about it, wow.
The art: He plays with texture, mixing collage, acrylic and watercolor. We see the same style used by Bill Sienkiewicz (New Mutants, Elektra Assassin) and Dave McKean (Sandman) yes, as in partner to Neil Gaiman.
Alberto Breccia has a direct influence on our next creator, as a teacher.
José Antonio Muñoz
José Antonio Muñoz was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1942 and studied under Alberto Breccia and Hugo Pratt at the Pan-American School of Art. While in Argentina he worked with such influences as Francisco Solano Lòpez and Héctor German Oesterheld.
Muñoz did not stay in Argentina. In 1972 he moved to Spain. While in Europe he formed partnership with Carlos Sampayo and they began the series Alack Sinner. His work has had a strong influence Dave McKean and Frank Miller for parts of Sin City. Yes, the comic the movie Sin City was based upon. Click here to view more of his art work.
Alberto Breccia
José Antonio Muñoz
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Wow – you sure chose an impressive theme! Good luck, and get well soon 🙂
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Interesting theme – and wonderful artwork.
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A great way to go through recovery!
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Hope you are feeling better now. Don’t work too hard blogging. 😉
I just signed up for the A-to-Z Challenge today myself. You’ll find my blog Project Prose way down the list, at No. 1739. Here’s my first post: https://projectprose.wordpress.com/2015/04/01/a-is-for-aeroplane/
Hope it brightens up your day, Ronovan. 🙂
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Good theme, Ron. Love a good comic, graphic or otherwise. Looking forward this series (though if you don’t include Herge and Tintin I will be obliged to unfollow).
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Um, did you like hack my Belgium post for tomorrow or what?
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oops! Me and my big mouth… my only excuse is love. He’s appeared on this blog several times – here’s one post with a giveaway photo… http://geofflepard.com/2014/08/09/through-a-glass-darkly/
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Wow great subject for you A-Z I don’t know much about comic books and their artists. I’ve never been hugely into graphic novels, that said I’ve got a few, and strangely one is Sandman spin-off Death, the High Cost of Living. So I felt oddly at home (I even went as Death to comic-con a couple of years ago) I’m looking forward to reading more!
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Now you have to share the picture of you as Death. 🙂
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Erm I can’t believe I haven’t already… I’ll tweet you lol though feel free to share it!
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I shall learn something new. Terrific theme and I hope you are getting much better. I’m glad you are feeling up to the challenge. Take care.
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Interesting to learn how the artists got their start. Oh, haven’t heard the words, funny book, in ages! That’s what we always called them, though. 🙂
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Blimey! Done a little intro to supporting visulally impaired people, but real-world environment (tho online is real) – problems with PDFs were mentioned but didn’t realise links opening in same window would help with screen-reading programs – thank you for sharing at the top of this article. I currently have all links open in new windows. I’ll schedule some time to look into reader accessibility issues and find out more. Hope you don’t mind my linking to your blog here and there in mine, as your words made a difference. Back to reading your article… cheers 🙂
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Due to my medications I am slowly losing my sight. And along with other problems I’ve become more aware of other people’s problems. I picked up the opening in the same window from a site that focuses on the blind and visually impaired. I will be doing a post about it soon, just a bit behind since being in the hospital.
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I noticed your setback . Great that you didn’t throw in the towel with the challenge. Look after yourself and don’t over-do it 🙂 Another well-wisher adding to positive-vibe-stream for your well-being 🙂
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Ronovan is PERSISTENT . . . not even letting life-threatening health issues stand in his way! STILL, I strongly urge RON to take care of his health FIRST! This was a most interesting read!
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