Rocco Vargas

Roco Vargas #1-4

by Daniel Torres

Farmers, lock up your daughters! That intergalactic gadabout, the astronautical inamorato, Roco Vargas is coming! Daniel Torres, European comics giant, brings his man of mystery to the States. Now American readers will be able to experience the adventures of Torres` popular casanova crimefighter in this new, hardcover collection which features four of the Roco Vargas stories -- Triton, The Mystery of Whisper, Saxxon, and The Far Star, plus a short, introductory story and 40 pages of new illustrations and roughs in color. Co-published with Barcelona-based NORMA Editorial.

Genres: Comics

240 pages, Hardcover

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

[Andrés Zelada · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recopilación de los cuatro primeros tomos de Roco Vargas, la saga de cómic protagonizada por un aventurero espacial en un ambiente retrofuturista: los años '80, en los cuales todos los planetas del sistema solar están habitados.

Un dibujo muy expresivo y con mucha personalidad. El guion es muy pulp: aventuras, disparos, viajes espaciales, complots, traiciones... Es una historia de aventuras y politiqueo, con todo el racismo y el machismo de una historia clásica, pero divertidísima y súper disfrutable.

[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.