{"id":5393,"date":"2009-11-22T08:50:57","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T21:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=5393"},"modified":"2018-02-05T08:14:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T21:14:03","slug":"el-eternauta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/11\/22\/el-eternauta\/","title":{"rendered":"El Eternauta"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“El Eternauta” (The Eternaut) is a serialised graphic novel written by Argentinian comic writer H\u00e9ctor Germ\u00e1n Oesterheld and initially drawn by Francisco Solano L\u00f3pez. First published in 1957-1959 in three-page weekly episodes in the magazine Hora Cero<\/em> (Zero Time), it tells a complex and sprawling tale of alien invasion, apocalypse and rebellion, as recounted by Juan Salvo, the Eternaut — a time traveller — to a comic writer, who then produces the story as a warning of things to come. Those things to come include “killing snow”, flying saucers, giant insects, strange humanoid creatures with many fingers (“Manos”), controlled human slaves (“hombres-robot”) and huge building-smashing beasts called “Gurbos”.<\/p>\n

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Click on the following to view pages of the comic:<\/p>\n

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Since mid-2008 there has been much talk of a film version of El Eternauta<\/em>, the largest ever produced in South America it is said. The director was slated to be the award-winning Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel (whose last film was La mujer sin cabeza<\/em> “The Headless Woman”), though there are apparently rumours about that she may be off the project (Twitch<\/a>). Be that as it may, IMDb<\/a> still lists the film under her “in development” projects (with details only available on the IMDbPro version).<\/p>\n

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At any rate, whoever the director might end up being, the following test footage gives hope that if it does happen, the film will be an exciting one:<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile various fans have been prolific. Here is some concept art<\/a> by artist Jorge L. Fern\u00e1ndez — in order (1) The fall of the flying saucer on the River Plate Stadium with the protagonist Juan Salvo continuing his journey toward the centre; (2) A Mano, the invader; and (3) a Cascarudo (“Crab”) — one of the giant insect “stormtroopers”:<\/p>\n

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Kaiju Search-Robot Avery has also pointed the way toward some very decent El Eternauta<\/em> footage, a faux trailer and Making Of reel made by film students:<\/p>\n

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This fan-made retro poster<\/a> is also an excellent piece of work:<\/p>\n

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A picture of the Gurbas by “alcatena”:<\/p>\n

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Read the comic:<\/p>\n

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