Eduardo Pelegrín Martínez de Pisón (1959 – 15 December 2022), best known as Calpurnio or Calpurnio Pisón (after the Roman gens

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), was a Spanish comic artist, illustrator, scriptwriter, animator and video jockey.

Life and career

Born in

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, Pisón started his career in 1983 self-publishing the fanzine ''El Japo'', which included his most famous work, the comic strip ''El Bueno de Cuttlas''. Because of the crudeness of the publication's contents, he decided to hide his identity under the pseudonym Calpurnio. ''El Bueno de Cuttlas'' enjoyed a large success, and during the years it was published in a number of publications including ''Makoki'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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20 minutos ''20 minutos'' is a Spanish free newspaper, with local editions in several Spanish cities, published by Multiprensa & Mas S.L. History Multiprensa & Mas S.L. was founded in Madrid in 1999. The founder of 20 minutos is José Antonio Martínez ...

'', and ''Revista Plaza'', as well as in some

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s. In 1991 the character was adapted in an award-winning animated television series, curated by the same Calpurnio. Other Calpurnio's comics include ''Proyecto X'' (1994) and ''Mundo Plasma'' (2016). Besides comics, Calpurnio was also active as illustrator, among other things designing posters, merchandising, advertising and decorations in

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s, as well as illustrating some literary classics such as

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's ''

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'' and ''

Odyssey The ''Odyssey'' (; ) is one of two major epics of ancient Greek literature attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest surviving works of literature and remains popular with modern audiences. Like the ''Iliad'', the ''Odyssey'' is divi ...

'' for the Blackie Book series Clásicos Liberados. Starting from 1997 he was also active as a video jockey under the stage name ERRORvideo. Calpurnio died of cancer on 15 December 2022, at the age of 63. At the time of his death he was working on a comic version of Laozi's ''

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''.

References

External links

Official blog
* {{Authority control 1959 births 2022 deaths Deaths from cancer in Spain Artists from Zaragoza Spanish comics artists Spanish comics writers Spanish illustrators Spanish animators Spanish poster artists Spanish video jockeys