Roberto Fontanarrosa

Writer

Born: Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

BIOGRAPHY

Roberto Alfredo Fontanarrosa, known popularly as El Negro Fontanarrosa (November 26, 1944 in Rosario – July 19, 2007), was an Argentine cartoonist, comics artist and writer. During his extended career Fontanarrosa became one of the most acclaimed historieta artists of his country, as well as a respected fiction writer. He created the comics and characters of Inodoro Pereyra, a gaucho, and Boogie, el aceitoso, a contract killer. A film was made loosely based on Fontanarrosas short story Memorias de un wing derecho.

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