Carlos Trillo

Infobox Comics creator
name = Carlos Trillo


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birthdate = birth date and age|1943|5|1
location = Buenos Aires, Argentina
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nationality = Argentine
area = writer
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notable works = "Cybersix" "Chicanos" "The Big Hoax" "Borderline" "Clara de noche"
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Carlos Trillo (born May 1, 1943 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine comic book writer.

Biography

Trillo began a prolific career as scenarist already at the age of 20, writing his first scenario for "Patoruzu" magazine.Cite web|last=Lambiek Comiclopedia|title=Carlos Trillo|url=http://lambiek.net/artists/t/trillo_c.htm] Trillo created, together with Horacio Altuna, the "El Loco Chávez" strip that from July 26 of 1975 to November 10 1987 appeared every day at the back of the newspaper "Clarín". With Ernesto García Seijas he continued with "El Negro Blanco" the place left by "El Loco Chávez" until September 1993.

He participated of the creation of several comics including "Cybersix" in 1992, with Carlos Meglia, and the "Clara de noche" and "Cicca Dum Dum" series with Jordi Bernet. He has also collaborated with Alberto Breccia and Alejandro Dolina.

In 1999, his work "La grande arnaque" won the Prize for Scenario at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.

Bibliography

;with Horacio Altuna
*"El Loco Chávez"
*"Las puertitas del Sr. López"
*"Merdichesky"
*"El último recreo"
*"Tragaperras"
*"Charlie Moon"

;with Jordi Bernet
*"Clara de noche"
*"Light & Bold"
*"Ivan Piire"
*"Cicca Dum Dum"

;with Eduardo Risso
*"Video Noire"
*"Boy Vampire"
*"Borderline"
*"Chicanos"

;with Domingo Roberto Mandrafina
*"Dragger"
*"The Big Hoax"
*"The Iguana"
*"Historias mudas"
*"El contorsionista"

;Others
*"Un tal Daneri" (1975, with Alberto Breccia)
*"Cybersix" (with Carlos Meglia)
*"Alvar Mayor" (1977-1982, with Enrique Breccia)

Awards

* 1978: Yellow Kid e Gran Guinigi Award, Lucca, Italy, for Best International AuthorCite web|last=Centro Studi Iconografici|url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone13.asp |title=13 Salone Internazionale dei Comics|language=Italian]
* 1984: Premio al mejor guionista del año en el Salón Internacional del Cómic de Barcelona
* 1996: Yellow Kid Award, Lucca, Italy, for Best International Author
* 1999: Angoulême Festival, Prize for Scenario, for "La grande anarque" ("The Big Hoax")

References

* [http://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-572-BD-Trillo-Carlos.html Carlos Trillo French albums] Bedetheque fr_icon

Footnotes

External links

* [http://lambiek.net/artists/t/trillo_c.htm Carlos Trillo biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia
* [http://www.tebeosfera.com/Autor/Guionista/Trillo/Carlos.htm Carlos Trillo profile and biography] Tebeosfera es_icon