Anyone read El Eternauta or The Eternaut?

[james1miller]

Originally released in Argentina between 1957 and 1975. It was translated to English in November 2015.

 

Sounds like an interesting book and I'm curious if anyone here has read it and what you thought.

 

From Amazon

 

Fantagraphics will publish, for the first time in English, this seminal Argentinian science fiction graphic novel whose main character is still viewed as a symbol of resistance in Latin America.

This originally appeared as weekly installments from 1957-59. Juan Salvo, the inimitable protagonist, along with his friend Professor Favalli and the tenacious metal-worker Franco, face what appears to be a nuclear accident, but quickly turns out to be something much bigger than they had imagined. Cold War tensions, aliens of all sizes, space―and time travel―this one has it all. Black & white

[Revol]

I've been wanting to read it for a while, it sounds amazing. The life story of the author, Oesterheld, is really tragic; he was a left wing activist and his political comic book work made him a target of the Argentinian military junta. He was arrested by the government, along with his four adult daughters, and none of them where ever seen again.

[Jeffro.]

Originally released in Argentina between 1957 and 1975. It was translated to English in November 2015.

 

Sounds like an interesting book and I'm curious if anyone here has read it and what you thought.

 

From Amazon

 

Fantagraphics will publish, for the first time in English, this seminal Argentinian science fiction graphic novel whose main character is still viewed as a symbol of resistance in Latin America.

This originally appeared as weekly installments from 1957-59. Juan Salvo, the inimitable protagonist, along with his friend Professor Favalli and the tenacious metal-worker Franco, face what appears to be a nuclear accident, but quickly turns out to be something much bigger than they had imagined. Cold War tensions, aliens of all sizes, space―and time travel―this one has it all. Black & white

 

Looking forward to it, Bro-rida

[Papa]

I may end up taking a look at this too.

[james1miller]

[PCV]

I preordered this one but haven't read it yet. New target of reading it this weekend, thanks for the reminder.