A murdered Argentinian writer’s comic finds a new audience – and far-right haters

 

 

 "When it first appeared in 1957, El Eternauta was a work of uncanny speculative fiction published at the high point of Argentina’s gold age of comic books; by the time Oesterheld and his family had been murdered the armed forces in late 1970s, it seemed more like a grim allegory for the country..

 As Argentina heads into a bitterly contested general election, Oesterheld, his family, and his literary legacy have also been dragged into the ugly culture wars fomented by the libertarian frontrunner Javier Milei, and his vice-presidential running mate Victoria Villarruel"

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