Yor the Hunter (original: Henga el cazador, also known simply as Henga)[1] is an Argentine comic series created in 1974 by writer Ray Collins (pseudonym of writer Eugenio Juan Zappietro) and artist Juan Zanotto.[1] It appeared for the first time in the Argentine comics magazine Skorpio.
The saga is set at the beginning of the Neolithic Age,[2] and revolves on the mysterious origins of the main character, a young and blonde hunter, and the mythical Atlantis. The world in which Yor lives is a mix of prehistoric tribes and animals (including dinosaurs and other monsters) and science fiction themes, in particular the last survivors of a very advanced civilization which is now on the verge of extinction. During the series, Hor, the son of Yor and also a young warrior, is introduced.
Translation and adaptation
editThe comic appeared in the Italian magazine Lanciostory, starting with its first issue (#0) in 1975.
The 1983 Italian-French miniseries and film Yor, the Hunter from the Future are based on the comic.
Sources
edit- Gociol, Judith Nancy; Rosemberg, Diego (2000). La Historieta Argentina: Una Historia [Cartoon Argentina : A History] (in Spanish). De La Flor. p. 490. ISBN 978-950-515-568-2.
- Lorenzon, Luca (11 February 2013). "Ray Collins e le altre vite di Eugenio Zappietro (I)" [Ray Collins and the other lives of Eugenio Zappietro]. Fucine mute (in Italian). Retrieved 11 November 2015.
References
edit- ^ a b Ray Collins: Biography of the Invisible Man. By Iván de la Torre 2003, Tebeosfera (in Spanish)
- ^ Collins, Ray; Zanotto, Juan. Yor, il cacciatore [Yor, the Hunter] (in Italian). Eura Editoriale.
External links
edit- Henga: a drama by Albert Camus set 3,000 years in the past, by Iván de la Torre: "Collins renews the typical story of the barbarian adventurer, creating a tough and melancholic hero" Book review published on December 22, 2022, on Estandarte.com (in Spanish)
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