Roco Vargas

Roco Vargas #1-4

by Daniel Torres

El aventurero más carismático creado por Daniel Torres nació en los años 80 y ha acompañado la trayectoria del artista hasta nuestros días. Una obra retro-futurista imprescindible para comprender el cómic español contemporáneo que ha sido traducida a multitud de idiomas. Este álbum recopilatorio incluye las historias Tritón, El misterio del susurro, Saxxon y la premiada La estrella lejana. Una recopilación muy interesante que permite ver la evolución gráfica y narrativa del autor.

Genres: Comics

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Daniel Torres, is a Spanish comics artist and writer, known for several series, including Rocco Vargas.

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Reviews

[Bob Fish]

Linea Clara or "clear line" straight out of Cairo, I love it !

Linéa Chunga Versus Linéa Clara video :
https://youtu.be/5KiO1Ae6kAg

[Aaron · Rating 5 out of 5]

Breathtaking retro-futurist art and excellent writing, especially in The Distant Star, the last of the four volumes reprinted in this book. Every fan of European comics or SF comics should try to find this book. The only annoyance is that the translation of volume four is inconsistent with that of volumes one to three; the hero’s name changes from Rocco to Roco.

[E · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chester Gould and Herge doing Flash Gordon makes for something really special, it's visually in a league of its own, but while the universe and art is wonderful the characters and writing are not. There must be some nuance of European storytelling that is impossible to recreate in English, as many BDs suffer from poor dialogue.

[Rich Tommaso · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful artwork--lots of fun to read. Like reading an "adult" version of Tintin/ sci fi.