Sometime ago I chose my top ten comics list for The Hooded Utilitarian. My indisputable number one was (and is) Amapola Negra, "Black Poppy" by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano López. Unfortunately we know how things work in comics... A masterpiece of this huge magnitude would be recognized as such in any other art form... In comics, be prepared to be amazed: it wasn't even reprinted since it was first published more than fifty years ago (July 1958 - September 1959). It wasn't reprinted... until now that is... Unfortunately Amapola Negra "Black Poppy" is an Argentinian comic, so... in spite of being welcome (of course) this edition is very far from the production values that it deserves. It's way better than nothing, though... so: all in all, great news!...
Monday, February 17, 2014
Héctor Germán Oesterheld's and Francisco Solano Lopez' Amapola Negra "Black Poppy"
Sometime ago I chose my top ten comics list for The Hooded Utilitarian. My indisputable number one was (and is) Amapola Negra, "Black Poppy" by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano López. Unfortunately we know how things work in comics... A masterpiece of this huge magnitude would be recognized as such in any other art form... In comics, be prepared to be amazed: it wasn't even reprinted since it was first published more than fifty years ago (July 1958 - September 1959). It wasn't reprinted... until now that is... Unfortunately Amapola Negra "Black Poppy" is an Argentinian comic, so... in spite of being welcome (of course) this edition is very far from the production values that it deserves. It's way better than nothing, though... so: all in all, great news!...
Saludos desde Buenos Aires, tiene toda la razón. Black Poppy merece una mejor edición, yo tengo 25 paginas originales de la historieta y realmente ver los originales y al ver el libro se nota la perdida de los detalles en la impresión. saludos Juan Munari
ReplyDeleteRealmente tienes toda la razón, yo tengo de mi propiedad 25 paginas originales de la historieta Black Poppy y el libro tiene baja calidad, perdiéndose el trabajo de arte de Solano Lopez y Oesterheld. saludos desde Buenos Aires. Juan Munari
ReplyDeleteHola Juan!
ReplyDeleteFelicitaciones por tus paginas. No hace mucho se hizo una edición lujosa de una de las historias de Carol Day de David Wright. Para ello se han procurado las paginas originales en posesión de los coleccionistas. No pido tanto, pero una edición como Dios manda no estaria nada mal.
Saludos!
PD El maestro José Muñoz también ha participado como ayudante de Solano.