COMIC ARTIST

Héctor Germán Oesterheld

1919 - 1978

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Héctor Germán Oesterheld ( OST-ər-held; Spanish: [ˈeɣtoɾ xeɾˈman oˈesteɾxel]; born 23 July 1919; disappeared and presumed dead 1977), also known by the common abbreviation HGO, was an Argentine journalist, comics editor and writer of graphic novels and comics. He is widely celebrated as a master in his field and as one of the pioneering artists in modern Argentine comics. Through his comics, Oesterheld criticized the numerous military dictatorships that beleaguered the country in different periods ranging from 1955 to 1983, as well as different facets of colonialism and imperialism, choosing a subtle criticism in his early comics during the 1950s and early 1960s, and a stronger and direct approach in his later work, after the execution of Che Guevara in 1967, and onwards from then on: in 1968 he wrote a biographical comic book of Che Guevara, which was subsequently banned and destroyed by the ruling military dictatorship self-styled as "Argentine Revolution" (1966–1973). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Héctor Germán Oesterheld is the 40th most popular comic artist (up from 88th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 296th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Argentinean Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Héctor Germán Oesterheld ranks 40 out of 226. Before him are Hirohiko Araki, John Romita Sr., Don Rosa, Cabu, Katsuhiro Otomo, and Will Eisner. After him are Shotaro Ishinomori, Enki Bilal, Philippe Honoré, Guillermo Mordillo, Masashi Kishimoto, and Shigeru Mizuki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Héctor Germán Oesterheld ranks 83. Before him are Art Blakey, Hermine Braunsteiner, Pierre Soulages, George Wallace, Christoph Probst, and Joe Weider. After him are François Périer, Red Buttons, Mitja Ribičič, Ella Grasso, Frederik Pohl, and Marina Ginestà. Among people deceased in 1978, Héctor Germán Oesterheld ranks 72. Before him are Arnold Hauser, Guo Moruo, Nico Diederichs, Herbert Kappler, Pablo Dorado, and Lilya Brik. After him are Wadie Haddad, Viggo Brun, Pancho Vladigerov, Gaston Julia, Samuel Goudsmit, and José Manuel Moreno.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Héctor Germán Oesterheld ranks 106 out of 1,154. Before him are Ubaldo Fillol (1950), Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (1947), Jorge Burruchaga (1962), Juan Sebastián Verón (1975), Silvina Ocampo (1903), and Héctor Rial (1928). After him are Alejandro Sabella (1954), Diego Milito (1979), Libertad Lamarque (1908), Héctor Babenco (1946), Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908), and Luis Bacalov (1933).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Argentina

Among comic artists born in Argentina, Héctor Germán Oesterheld ranks 2. Before him are Quino (1932). After him are Guillermo Mordillo (1932), and Juan Giménez (1943).

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