Inodoro Pereyra: The Gaucho as a National Icon
2011; University of California, Los Angeles; Volume: 20; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
0160-2764
Autores Tópico(s)Latin American Literature Studies
ResumoIntroduction Created in 1972 by the Argentine Roberto Fontanarrosa, the comic series Inodoro Pereyra recounts the adventures of the gaucho 3 Inodoro Pereyra – also known as el renegau 4 – and his dog Mendieta, with the occasional appearance of Eulogia Tapia, Inodoro‘s partner. The series first appeared in Hortensia as a parody of the poem Martin Fierro by Jose Hernandez. 5 Fontanarrosa subsequently left Hortensia for Mengano, then Siete Dias and finally became affiliated with Clarin. 6 In 2005, the magazine Sudestada placed Inodoro Pereyra among the ―10 comics that changed history‖, alongside El Eternauta,
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