The Eternaluta was published week by week in zero hour, in 106 deliveries, from 1957 to 1959. Ready, they gave rise to the first graphic novel in Spanish.
After the success of the series of Netflixthis Friday, from 18 to 20.30, will be auctioned online, in Hilario, a copy of the first edition of The Eternaluta in book format, launched by record editions in 1975.
Written by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and drawn by Francisco Solano Lópeztells the story of Juan Salvo, the Eternaluta, who faces alien invaders in Buenos Aires that decimated humanity through a toxic snowstorm in the middle of summer.
How is the specimen of the eternalauta that is auctioned
The base price of the lot, which includes two statuettes created by Martín Canaleis five hundred dollars. The volume, 19.6 x 25.6 cm, has 350 pages. There were already offers.
The specimen has the signs of the creators, with a dedication written by Oesterheld and signed as the Eternaluta, who sends Greetings from Solano López to the recipient. Under the character’s signature, the cartoonist added his, followed by the screenwriter.
“… Inhabits the most beautiful city on the third planet of the star Sol … I do not know if she is an intelligent being, but nobody knows like him of comics throughout the galaxy … is called Solomon …”, in reference to Dr. Antonio Salomón, director of the biennials of humor and the cartoon that took place in the Municipal Museum of Fine Arts Genaro Pérez, in the city of Córdoba, from 1972 to 1986.
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Together with the work in its prince edition (as the first printed edition is designated), two statuettes made in resin on wooden bases of the characters of Juan Salvo will be auctioned (which Ricardo Darín embodies in the series, 17.6 cm) and “El Mano” (one of the villains, 19 cm), created by the sculptor and designer Martín Canale (1970), the “Leonardo da Vinci Comics, comics and movies, and that also belonged to the Solomon collection. The “Cascarudos” of the Netflix series were designed by Canale.
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The Eternaluta was published week by week in Zero hourin 106 deliveries, from 1957 to 1959. He reunited later, gave rise to the first graphic novel in Spanish and the most important for the Spanish -speaking world. After the premiere of the first season of the Netflix series, directed by Bruno StagnaroThe comic attached national and international interest.
Source: Ambito
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