Carlos Sampayo
Carlos Sampayo is an Argentine writer best known for his work in comics, particularly in collaboration with artist Jos Mu oz. Sampayo met Mu oz in Spain after he fled from the military junta. They created 'Joe's Bar' (short stories about clients of a caf in New York), 'Alack Sinner' (a hard-boiled detective in the style of film-noir), 'Jeu de Lumi res', 'Billie Holiday' and other stories. Sampayo also worked with Oscar Zarate, Jorge Schiaffino and Solano L pez. Born in 1942 in Buenos Aires,...See more
Carlos Sampayo is an Argentine writer best known for his work in comics, particularly in collaboration with artist Jos Mu oz. Sampayo met Mu oz in Spain after he fled from the military junta. They created 'Joe's Bar' (short stories about clients of a caf in New York), 'Alack Sinner' (a hard-boiled detective in the style of film-noir), 'Jeu de Lumi res', 'Billie Holiday' and other stories. Sampayo also worked with Oscar Zarate, Jorge Schiaffino and Solano L pez. Born in 1942 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as a child Jose Mu oz manifested a great passion for design, and a particular interest in the world of comics. He emerged as an independent artist in 1963 with his detective series "Precinct 56." In 1974 he met the Argentine writer Carlos Sampayo and this fundamental event would mark the beginning of a long and fruitful collaboration. Thus the character of Alack Sinner was born--a private detective whose human adventures were played out to the sound of jazz, and whose stories described both the misery and nobility of a New York that was imagined in such a way that it could almost have been real. See less
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