Hombre (comics)

"Hombre" is a Spanish comics series written by Antonio Segura and drawn by José Ortiz, first published in 1981 in the magazine "Cimoc".

Publication history

Created during the resurgence of Spanish comics in the years after the fall of Franco, Segura wrote "Bogey" and "Orka" in the same period, though it was "Hombre" in collaboration with Ortiz that would prove the most successful.cite web | last =Fernandez | first =Norman| title = REPORTAJES: Antonio Segura | publisher =tebeosfera/Comiqueando Press | date =2001 | url =http://www.tebeosfera.com/Documento/Recorte/Comiqueando/Segura.htmes_icon] After its initial run in "Cimoc", Segura and Ortiz brought "Hombre" to the magazine "KO Comics", one of the three magazines the artists' publishing cooperative Metropol produced during its short existence in 1984.cite web | last =murciacomic.com| title = Ortiz | url =http://www.murciacomic.com/quienesquien/ortiz.htmes_icon] After Metropol ceased business, "Hombre" relocated to the pages of "Cimoc" for a second run. The Spanish album releases were published by Norma Editorial.

Enjoying popularity in France, the series was printed in albums by publishers Kesselring, Magic Strip and Soleil Productions. English language translations of the series appeared in "Heavy Metal" during the 80s and 90s.

ynopsis

A post-apocalyptic series, "Hombre" is set on Earth after the collapse of the technological civilization. The protagonist moves through the scenery as a disillusioned solitary survivor, with lingering traces of humanity despite the widespread debased nature of most people he encounters. He always has a ragged cigarette in the corner of his mouth, and is often accompanied by a young woman who came of age after the collapse and thus is accommodated to the life of a naked savage. Though the plot is compared with that of "Jeremiah", "Hombre" does not share the underlying motif of hope and survival of mankind of the former.

Bibliography (France)

*HS1. "Une humanité errante" (1987, Kesselring, ISBN 2881590209)
*HS2. "L'héritage de l'humanité" (1988, Kesselring, ISBN 2881590306)
*T1. "L'ombre du désespoir" (1989, Magic strip, ISBN 2803501902)
*T2. "L'ultime ennemi" (1989, Magic strip, ISBN 280350202X)
*T3. "Attila" (1991, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2877640558)
*T4. "Attila et les sept nains" (1992, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2877641104)
*T5. "Les vautours" (1994, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2877641104)
*T1. "La Genèse - Une tombe en béton" (1993, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2877641341)
*T2. "La Genèse - La vallée de la vengeance" (1993, Soleil Productions, ISBN 287764135X)
*T3. "La Genèse - Le chasseur" (1993, Soleil Productions, ISBN 287764149X)
*INT "Hombre, L'intégrale" (1997, Soleil Productions, ISBN 2877646513)

ources

* [http://www.bedetheque.com/serie-1237-BD-Hombre.html "Hombre" albums] Bedetheque fr_icon;Footnotes