Lucho Olivera (b. 1942)

Born: 1942 May 25 in Corrientes, Argentina

Died: 2005 November 11 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Biography: Lucho Olivera learned painting and drawing from Rubén Vispo. He moved to Buenos Aires at age 20 and began his career drawing for Vea y Lea and Leoplán. He also enrolled at the Pan-American School of Art, while making cover illustrations for Hora Cero and Frontera. In 1964, he commenced his career as a full time comics artist by contributing to Misterix and to the publishing house Columba. He was the first artist to draw the 'Nippur de Lagash' series, written by Robin Wood, that appeared in D'Artagnan magazine from 1967. Other notable creations were 'Gilgamesh' (1970) and 'Gunner' ('Dico, o Artilheiro'). He also created 'Galaxia Cero', 'Yo Ciborg', 'Ronar' and 'Planeta Rojo'. In the 1990s he drew a newspaper comic strip called 'Pepe Moreno'.

Name:

    Lucho Olivera Type: Pen Name

Other Names:

  1. Ricardo Luis Olivera Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Ricardo Luis Family name: Olivera

Art Influences:

Influences by Lucho Olivera (b. 1942) were stated by:
  1. Enrique Alcatena (b. 1957)

Relations:

  1. Employee of - Union Studio (b. 1963)
    Notes: Pencils and inks, 1968

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