ARGENTINA AUTHOR
H. G. Oesterheld
Also known as: Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Hector G. Oesterheld
Héctor Germán Oesterheld (Buenos Aires, 23 de julio de 1919 – desaparecido por la última dictadura argentina en 1977 y asesinado por los militares en 1978), fue un guionista de historietas y escritor argentino, a menudo citado como HGO. Escribió numerosos relatos breves de ciencia ficción y novelas, y publicó en revistas como Misterix, Hora Cero y Frontera, siendo sus series más conocidas Sargento Kirk, Bull Rocket y sobre todo El Eternauta, la que es considerada su obra maestra. Source: [Héctor Germán Oesterheld]( on Wikipedia (in Spanish)
Most acclaimed
Evita
1978
In 1987, a small Argentine publishing house published a document that had recently been found in a government archive in Buenos Aires. The document was called "Mi mensaje," or "My Message," and appeared to be the long-lost deathbed manuscript of Eva Peron, referred to by her and mentioned in several biographies of her. Rumor had it that the document, which is critical of the Argentine church and military, had been suppressed for thirty years after her death by her husband, Argentine President Juan Peron. Like everything about Evita, "My Message" is shrouded in mystery and myth. Leading Peron scholars disagree about whether Evita wrote every word herself and about whether it is an accurate reflection of Evita's thinking at the time of her death. Her estate, however, insists that the work is not by Evita. In In My Own Words, "My Message" appears in English for the first time, published with an extensive introduction by Peron scholar Joseph A. Page, who weighs all the claims and counterclaims about the document's authenticity and concludes that "My Message" is "a vital document...probably based in part on dictation by the wife of Argentine President Juan Peron."
Life of Che
The book begins in Bolivia in 1967, then flashes back through Che's life ― his childhood, his radicalizing motorcycle trip with Alberto Granado, his taking up of arms in Guatemala, his meeting with Fidel Castro, and his subsequent military and political maneuvers, ending in a fade-out to his death. Alberto Breccia and his son, Enrique, drew Life of Che. Enrique draws the Bolivia passages in a woodcut style, while Alberto depicts the flashbacks in his trademark, expressionistic black-and-white. It is primarily set in the field and with the people. Héctor Germán Oesterheld (The Eternaut) blends his authorial voice with Che's first-person. Life of Che is imbued with a sense of immediacy, as both Che and, eventually, Oesterheld would meet their ends by a military government backed by the American CIA.
Ernie Pike
1995
Ernie Pike es una serie de historieta bélica creada por Héctor Germán Oesterheld y Hugo Pratt en 1957. Comenzó a publicarse en el número 1 de la revista Hora Cero (mayo de 1957) y luego en Hora Cero extra y en el Suplemento semanal Hora Cero, todas editadas por Frontera. Oesterheld continuó con el personaje con otros dibujantes argentinos, entre ellos Alberto Breccia y Francisco Solano López. Volumen 3 de Ernie Pike, una serie de historieta bélica creada por Héctor Germán Oesterheld y Hugo Pratt en 1957. Comenzó a publicarse en el número 1 de la revista Hora Cero (mayo de 1957) y luego en Hora Cero extra y en el Suplemento semanal Hora Cero, todas editadas por Frontera. Oesterheld continuó con el personaje con otros dibujantes argentinos, entre ellos Alberto Breccia y Francisco Solano López. Esta edición de Planeta Comic recupera los cinco volúmenes iniciales y el texto en su versión original en español, todos de la autoría Oesterheld/Pratt.