Horacio Altuna

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(b. 24 November 1941, Argentina)

He was born in Cordoba, Argentina. He began his professional career in 1965, at which he published his works in Supervolador, Misterix and Rayo Rojo. In 1967 Altuna went to Columbia, where he stayed until 1974. During that period he worked on scripts by Robin Wood, S. Almendro, I. Alsemberg and H. Oesterheld amont others, creating characters such as Kabul from Bengala, Hilano Corbalan with Carlos Trillo ( Trillo wrote the scripts). In 1982, Altuna went to Europe and settled there. In Spain he created Time Out, Hot L.A., and Imaginary, all of them written by himself. In 1989 he started his collaboration with Playboy Magazine in its Spanish, Dutch, French, Italian, Australian and Turkish editions.

Altuna has published more than 70 books in 20 countries. He recieved several awards in Spain ("1984" and "Zona 64" awards), both as a writer and as an illustrator. He also won the Yellow Kid, the most prestigious award in his profession, in 1986 in Luca, Italy. He was a member of the international jury at the Barcelona Comics Fair.

Horacio Altuna now lives in Sitges, Barcelona. He is married and has three children.