Carlos Sampayo (born 17 September 1943) is an

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

writer best known for his work in comics, particularly in collaboration with artist José Muñoz. Sampayo was born in

Carmen de Patagones Carmen de Patagones is the southernmost city in the . Geography It is located 937 km southwest from the city of Buenos Aires, on the north bank of the Río Negro ("Black River"), near the Atlantic Ocean, and opposite Viedma, capital of ...

, but left Argentina in the early 1970s for political reasons, and stayed in Italy, France and settled in Spain. He is also a poet and a literature and music (particularly jazz) critic.

Partial bibliography

''Alack Sinner'' * ''Mémoires d'un Privé'' (1977) * ''Viet Blues'' (1986) * ''Rencontres'' (1984) * ''Nicaragua'' (1988) * ''Souvenirs d'un Privé'' (1999) * ''La Fin d'un Voyage'' (1999) * ''Histoires Privées'' (2000) * ''L'Affaire USA'' (2006) ''Joe's Bar'' * ''Le Bar à Joe'' (1981) * ''Histoire Amicale du Bar à Joe'' (1987) * ''Dans les Bars'' (2002) Other Muñoz and Sampayo books * ''Sophie'' (1981, Vertige Graphic) * ''Sudor Sudaca'' (1986, Futuropolis). Republished under the title Automne et Printemps (1997) * ''Jeu de Lumieres'' (1988, Albin Michel) * ''L'Europe En Flammes'' (1990, Albin Michel) * ''Billie Holiday'' (1991, Casterman) * ''Le Cheval Sans Tête IV: Un héritage'' (1997, Amok Éditions) * ''Le Poète'' (1999, Vertige Graphic) * ''Le Livre'' (2004, Casterman) Other comic book titles * ''L'Agent de la nationale'' (1982, Michel Deligne). Artists Julio Schiaffino, Jorge Zentner * ''Evaristo'' (1985, Dargaud). Artist

Francisco Solano López Francisco Solano López Carrillo (24 July 1827 or 1826 – 1 March 1870) was a Paraguay, Paraguayan statesman, Officer (armed forces), military officer and politician who served as President of Paraguay between 1862 and 1870, of which he serve ...

Novels * ''El lado salvaje de la vida'' (1991) * ''El año que se escapó el león'' (2000) * ''En panne Seiche'' (2002) Other titles * ''Paraguay, crónica de un exterminio'' (Treatise - 1978) * ''Fragmentos'' (Poetry - 1998) * ''Memorias de un ladrón de discos'' (1999)

External links

Carlos Sampayo profile
on Lambiek Comiclopedia 1943 births Living people Argentine comics writers {{comics-writer-stub