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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.

Synopsis

A post-apocalyptic series, Hombre is set on Earth after the collapse of the technological civilization. The protagonist moves through the scenery in the manner of a desillusioned solitary survivor, with hidden traces of humanity despite the widespread loss of humanity in most people he encounters, and always with a cigarette in the corner of his mouth. 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)

French cover of Hombre: Attila

• 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)

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