Ricardo Barreiro (October 2, 1949 – April 12, 1999) was an

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Biography

Barreiro was born in the

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. At a very early age he published articles and short stories on the underground magazine ''Sancho''. His first comic book as writer was ''SlotBar'', with art by Francisco Solano Lopez. This was followed by the noteworthy war series of ''

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'' ("Pik As") and the science-fiction '' The City'', both drawn by

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. In the 1970s he moved to

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, living in

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and

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for six years; he became particularly popular in

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. Barreiro returned to Argentina, where he died of larynx

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at age 49. Many of his titles appeared in Spanish, Italian and Dutch. Not much has been translated in English.

Bibliography

Comics work includes: *''Cain'', with Risso, Ediciones de la Urraca *''Ciudad'', with Juan Giménez) Hora Cero *''El Instituto'', with Francisco Solano López) *''El Instituto II'', with Francisco Solano López) Doedytores *''Factor Límite '', with Juan Giménez, Colección Vilan *''Moving Fortress'', with

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, '' Skorpio'' *''PARQUE CHAS I and II'', with Risso *''Slot Barr'', with Francisco Solano López, Editorial Colihue *'' Bárbara'', with Juan Zanotto *''Virus'', with

Ariel Olivetti Ariel Olivetti (born November 15, 1967) is an Argentine comic book penciller best known for his work on American comic book titles such as ''Daredevil'', '' X-Man'', '' Space Ghost'' and '' Punisher War Journal''. Career Olivetti studied Graph ...

, Mauro Cascioli, Julian Aznar, Marcelo Sosa and Juan Bobillo, Comic Press *''

'', with Juan Gimenez *''El Mago'', with

*'' El Eternauta: Odio Cósmico Nº1'' *''El Eternauta: Odio Cósmico Nº2'' *''Buenos Aires, las putas y el loco'', with Oswal *''Le Pecheur de Brooklyn'', with Massimo Rotundo

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