From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jorge Zaffino
Jorge Zaffino
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Died 12 July 2002(2002-07-12) Comics work includes:
Nationality Argentinian • Nippur de Lagash: Los guiones continúan (The scripts
continue), 1976 contribution to the storyline El
Area(s) Penciller, Inker
Incorruptible (The Incorruptible) (1974/1978)
Official website • Nippur de Lagash: Contributions to the storyline La
saga de los hermanos tatuados (The tattooed brothers
Jorge Zaffino (1960–2002) was a comic book artist born in saga) (1984/1985)
Argentina. • Kayan
• Wolf
Biography • Troels
• The Punisher
Zaffino spent a lifetime working as an artist in and out of • Punisher: War Zone
comics. At the age of 16, he began working as an unpaid • The ’Nam 1986
apprentice at the comics studios of Ricardo and Enrique • Punisher: Assassin’s Guild 1988
Villagran in Buenos Aires, where his father had request- • Winter World 1988
ed that they take him on. Zaffino made himself a recog- • Clive Barker’s Hellraiser 1988
nised name in his country, working many years in impor- • "The Horned God", from The Savage Sword of Conan
tant argentine comics, like Nippur de Lagash.[1] #162, 1989
In the mid-1980s, Zaffino made a trip to the U.S. with • Seven Block 1990/2004
Ricardo Villagran, who was working for Comico at the • Critical Mass 1990
time. On that trip, Zaffino met comics writer Chuck • Punisher; Kingdom Gone 1990
Dixon, and together they produced Winter World, a three • Hoover 1991/1998
part series for Eclipse. They continued to collaborate on • Terror Inc. 1992
comics, producing the seminal Punisher graphic novels • Batman: Black & White 1996
Kingdom Gone and Assassin’s Guild, and a Savage Sword of Co- • Shadow Line Sage
nan story titled The Horned God. During this time, Zaffi-
no worked regularly with comics writer Dan Chichester
on various comics, including Critical Mass, and Terror Inc..
Notes
He did relatively little work in the U.S. comics industry, [1] http://www.rebrote.com/nippur/html/
where he is mostly known for his art in Punisher, Clive zaffino.htm (Spanish)
Barker’s Hellraiser and The ’Nam for Marvel Comics. Zaffi- [2] [1]
no’s last work in the US was a story written by Dixon for [3] [2]
the 1996 Batman Black and White mini series. He continued [4] Winterworld, ibid.
working for the Argentine comic market, but focused on
his work as a painter.
A follow up to Winter World called Winter Sea was en-
References
tirely written and drawn for Marvel Comics, but was nev- • Jorge Zaffino at the Grand Comics Database
er published due to changes of Marvel’s policy on • Jorge Zaffino at the Comic Book DB
creator-owned books at the time.[2][3] A third chapter of
the Winter World saga was also planned, titled Winter
War.[4] In January 2010, a hardcover edition containing
External links
Winter World and Winter Sea was published through IDW • Official website
Publishing. • CBR News
Zaffino died on July 12, 2002 at the age of 43 of a heart • a collection of Zaffino’s artwork on
attack in Buenos Aires, Argentina. http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/gianmaria.caschetto/
JorgeZaffino?feat=
Persondata
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jorge Zaffino
Name Zaffino, Jorge Place of birth
Alternative names Date of death 2002
Short description Argentinian comic book artist Place of death
Date of birth 1960
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