The comic that cost this writer his life 

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I'm a comic creator from Argentina. This report you just made is excellent. I applaud your work and will follow all your videos. Greetings from Argentina.

I´m argentinian and a cartoonist. I grew up with these stories and every time i hear someone talk about them i feel the pain again as if it was the first time

It is so refreshing to see an English-speaking chanel talking about an Argentinian comic book creator, especially one as beloved as Osterheld. Apparently the live action adaptation of The Eternaut comes out this year in Netflix so that was good timing.

The fact that his whole family was wiped out before they capture him made this the most tragic story ever told and it should never ever be forgotten

One comic book that he was writing when he was taken by the military junta, and thus will remain forever incomplete, is "La Guerra de los Antartes" which translates as "The War of the Antarticans" the story takes place "in the near future" and is about an Alien mothership landing on Antartica and using it as a launching point to attack humanity and demand its surrender. After all of the nuclear payload of both the USSR and the USA fail to make a dent on the Antartican's base (the name that the humans give the aliens because they landed on Antartica), the world surrenders. However, there is a twist, the Aliens do not want ALL of Earth, just one continent, and are willing to let everyone else live if the world simply looks away to whatever they do in that one continent. Also, they promise that they will share some of their technology, not all of it, with the USA and the USSR, ensuing that they will remain powerful nations. Both the USA and the USSR agree to this, and the Antarticans announce that South America will be the continent they will take. The world agrees (some countries under protest, like African nations, oppose this, but a threat of being invaded by the USA if they don't stop complaining and vote in favor of the Antarticans taking South America makes them change their mind). The comic doesn't end, and just leaves us in how the Antarticans are attacking and killing everyone they find in South America, while the whole world watches and doesn't care. It was quite a powerful piece of work.

Most of us would have immediately renounced in his situation, but Oesterheld continued to show the World his unique art no matter what until it cost him his life. He shall NEVER be forgotten

US government funded a lot of those coups too. We still do it today all the time. It's pretty fucked up.

i was raised in argentina. when i was a child i had a massive (it was as big as a newspaper) edition of el eternauta that i used to read every night. only when i became an adult i understood Oesterheld's significance. this has been incredibly moving, his story has to be told. as usual, amazing video. thank you so much for this.

Argentina really has some amazing comic creators. I am just now starting to learn about many of them; Breccia, Quino, Mordillo, and now Oesterheld. As a non-Argentinian I feel like I’ve been introduced to a whole new world of comics.

I have one of the first editions of the entire comic that they made in a single book. My grampa bought it when it came out and in the middle of the military government, a really dangerous thing to do, he gave it to me some time before he passed away. It one of my most precious possessions I have and I love it

HOLY SHIT I CLICKED IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. GREETINGS FROM ARGENTINA!!!!!

Too bad you don't have more videos. This is one of the best yt channels that I stumbled upon.

Whoa, this is staggering stuff to learn over my morning coffee. I've been immersed in comics all my life, but I had no inkling of what was going on in the South American comics scene. Oesterheld was a two-fisted, balls-out comics creator and visionary, and I feel lucky just to witness his story. Thanks so much for revealing him to us all.

I am a comic creator from Argentina, and Argentina is full of great comic artists and writers like Hector German Oesterheld and Francisco Solano Lopez, if you can please go read some of their creations because they are all aweasome!

Matttt doesn't miss! Thank you for spotlighting this tragic, soulful corner of the comic world.

Are there any stories where nothing bad happens to a writer/artist? 😭

Thank you! I almost never find any discussion on oesterheld or breccia outside of argentina and uruguay. Even as a brazillian, it can be hard to find. I find it chilling that companies will always reprint american, european and japonese comics but give very few attention to everything else. There are fantastic stories, fantastic art and new genre bending themes that aren't explored simply because of where they where written. There is an extremely rich production here that bleeds into our history and humanity (or lack thereof). Again, thank you very much, it means the world to me!

Greetings from Brazil! Oesterheld is one of my favorites of all time. His works have finally been published in Brazil as of recent. The Eternaut, Mort Cinder, Sherlock Time, Loco Sexton, and Che. Great video about one of the finest comic writers, who worked with some of the best comic artists (Breccia, Pratt, Solano Lopez).

One of the best channels for documentaries

This video is amazing. I'm gonna read The Eternaut as soon as possible. Towards the end of the video, when the fate of the Oesterhelds is discussed, I felt sick. There's something so fascinating about seeing Hector's internal feelings about his family being translated into the final parts of The Eternaut

As an Argentinian comic book fan and artist, I couldn't be more grateful with the amount of respect and research youput into this video and your quick reviews of other Oesterheld titles besides El Eternauta, too. Keep doing what you're doing, it's absolutely fantastic work-- hands down the best comic book channel I've seen so far.

Another jaw-dropping story about an unfathomable devotion to art that I’ve never even heard of. Thank you for telling this amazing story and telling it so well. It’s a shame that his works aren’t more available in the U.S. I had no idea masterpieces like this were being produced so early in South America.

New Mattt video. Time to ignore all other responsibilities for a half an hour.

Great video as always! Though a small note I'd like to make, the J in "junta" is pronounced like an H in English, making "Junta" sound more like "HOONT-ah". It's a loan word from Spanish so it doesn't follow standard English rules lol

I fondly recommend the TV series "Germán Últimas Viñetas", which narrates the last days of Oesterheld as a comic book writer, for a unexpected publisher.

Oesterheld is definitely one of the greatest writers of all times! So glad to live in Brasil and have a lot of Argentinian comics being released here.

The quality of your essays is astounding, you treat comics with a gravity hardly seen on youtube.

Thank you so much for this! As an argentinian, to hear the lifestory of Oesterheld told to the world, by channels like yours, or like Comic Tropes did some time ago, is something to be thankful.

Thanks for the interest and sharing this piece of history Matttt. Here in Argentina we read El Eternauta at schools, that is the level of a fundamental classic for all ages that it is. Great video

As a Brazilian, I'm afraid that most of what I know about Argentina is limited to soccer achievements and a little bit about their economy and main exports. I had a very vague idea that they lived through coups and dictatorships (after all, here in South America, that's a shared experience), but I didn't know they went through this stuff specifically. I'm now very interested in reading more about this artist's work and their country's art and history. Amazing video, thank you for the meticulous attention to detail and shining a light on our neighbors' history and legendary creator.

In the middle of the first decade of the 2000s, I helped with information and graphic support with a book about Oesterheld thanks to Hernan Ostuni, a specialist in this author and one of those responsible for that edition. Quite an honor. Thanks for the video. Greetings from Chile.

Thanks for the history lesson. My first time visiting Buenos Aires, I noticed the image from the Eternaut everywhere, and even saw the book in Kiosks, but never got a copy, because my Spanish simply wasn’t good enough. Finally got to read it just last year, thanks to a beautiful translated edition released by Fantagraphic here in the U.S. and it’s incredible! Heard there is a movie in the works, which would be very interesting if done right.

Oestherheld is underrated Argentinian GOAT 🐐🐐🐐❤

What do I know about Argentina... Evita, Peron... Falkland War... I have never known things have been this dire there. This guy is a legend, man.

Man, you just keep level up the quality of these videos. When I get the part where the daughters suffered such a horrible end, I was truly in shock, I don´t undestand how Oesterheld keep working after that, it only shows how great he was.

Thank you so much Mattt for making this video. I am a follower of your channel from Argentina. This was a perfect recount of Oesterheld, Argentina's comics from mid-20th century, and Argentina history from that period. All mixed together in the best video about those topics made outside of Argentina I have seen. When I started following your channel I always wondered if you would make a video about Argentine comics, but I always thought it impossible since they are not very well known in the US... But you made it happen. If you make another video related to Argentina, I would recommend Quino and Mafalda. This video made me want to read Mort Cinder and El Eternauta again... luckily I have copies in my bookshelf.

My new favourite channel, keep up the phenomenal work!

🤩 wow wonderull video! i'm argentinian and a comic nerd and I grew up in the 90s on democraty times, reading and learning from all of Hectors comics, They are a fundamental part of our culture and history. i'm so used to know and readn comic from thers contries, so i asumed it was reciprocrate. but when i found that El Eternauta and Mort Cynder it hasent have a englesh traslation in years, i fell sad, because they are MASTER PIECES and a wonderful read, so i hope that everybody has the oportunity to enjoyit. Breccia is my favorite comic book artist! everyday, every read i learn something about drawing and sotrytelling from him

I'd be lying if I said I didn't cry while watching this. Brazil also went through a ironclad dictatorship at the same period and we had our own champions working on subversive comics (mostly published on O Pasquim). Ziraldo, one of the greats, just left us last week.

These stories are just amazing. The lives of these creators, the impact they had on contemporary world is simply breathtaking. Keep bringing your videos, I'll be eagerly waiting for the next one.

One of the best videos about Oesterheld and his work. Thanks and greetings from Argentina

I’m from Argentina and being honest with you I only knew Eternauta recently. Thanks for making this video

Your video broguht me to tears. So well written, so moving. When I started reading usa comics, my father, worried that I'd be influenced by their inner individualism, gave me the eternaut to compensate with a story about a group of people working together to survive. It changed my life. Thanks so much for this, you have a new follower.

Another absolutely brilliant video essay. These stories are so gripping and you present them in such an amazing way!

why am i crying , one of the best videoos i have ever watched his own story feels like a movie and also the way you present your videos is amazing

This was a very beautiful documentary about Oesterheld. Chilling, heartbreaking, and inspiring. I can't believe it's been almost a year since you began your RU-vid journey. Looking forward to your video that marks your one year anniversary!

I read Mortcinder in a library of a public school next to the provincial jail in Tucumán, Argentina some 15 years ago.. I had forgotten its name but i remembered Breccia's style. Thank you for bringing these memories back.

This video is incredible, really glad you covered this topic as i would have never found it otherwise. Thank you matttt, and sorry the video got restricted

You're a goddamn beast, brother. I never would have known about Osterfield otherwise, but now I want to experience all of his work. Thank you and your team. Your work matters.

Wow. Yet again, wow. Thank you for broadening my horizons.

You deserve more than you can possibly receive, astounding quality as usual.

This broke my heart. Keep up the great and important work ❤

I am from Colombia, and honestly, this story made me tear up. Thank you Matt for making me realize the beautiful and value of comics not only as entertainment but also as significant and deep works of literature. Greetings to my Argentinian brothers and sisters.

Very thankful for you making this video

Bro as a Comic fan, i am sooo happy that i found this channel😊❤

Thanks, Matttt! This introduces a part of world history and comic history I was previously unfamiliar with!

I so glad I know about him, his daughters and his work now. Thank you for sharing.

Never heard of him and wow, such an amazing and tragic life.

I love this. My dad had a copy of The Eternaut for the longest time and would read it to me over the years and eventually lend it to me. He is certainly a figure I admire greatly, a shame most of what he wrote about was lost to newer generations under the censorship and propaganda campaign during and after the dictatorahips.

This must be your best video yet,Matttt.You did a really great job.

Another great video! Sux about the restriction, but I can safely say, this one must be your best one yet!

Regarding Argentinian historical background: By the time the military board took power the peronist movement was entrenched on a covert war between the radical left part and the far right part of the movement. The radical left had atempted a rural guerrilla in the 60's that was anihilated by the army and later turned towards urban military action. Kidnapings, assasinations, bombings and assault on national and provincial security dependences. It was chaos in the 70's. The whole of civilian society clamored for a cue d'etat. The Process of National Reorganization, as it was called, implemented a copycat structure to that of the Phoenix operation in Vietnam, that is: Elimination of the guerrillas, the guerrilla's subsidiary, the guerrilla's militant as well as the guerrilla sympathizers. Incarceration in infrahuman clandestine conditions, torture, rape and assasination all throughout the country for thousands. We are still debating the exact number of victims.

my dad loves The Eternaut, and Oesterheld's story makes me very sad. we're from argentina

matttt you are the best comics channel on this platform. I’ve always loved comics, but I never really got much deeper than what super hero comics had to offer. You’ve introduced not only to so much dope reading material, you gave me such incredible insight into the minds that brought those works to life. Can’t wait for the next video!

I'm from Argentina and is great to see this video from you. I love how you treat the main theme. Oesterheld and El Eternauta is really loved here. I had the pleasure to know the comic when I was on Highschool. It was part of our Literature Program and a lot of kids on a lot of Highschools read El Eternauta. Thanks a lot for the respect and all the time you put on the video. ❤

EL ETERNATURA MENTIONED!!! VAMOS LOS PIBEEES!!!

For years I was captivated by this story and I wanted to read Eternaut for a long time. There is no better way to learn more than by this chanel and holy shit this is like a christmas present for me

The brazilian comic book artist Mauricio de Sousa have a very interesting story and give you a good idea of how impactful his comics are here on Brazil

''Mort Cinder'' is a true masterpiece and one of the best drawn things I ever saw, maybe even the greatest

Im so happy you make your beautiful essays for us

The artwork is stunning

Matttt never disappoints you on reviting Comic Book history and stories of them, Bravo 🙏

I served a Mormon mission in Burnos Aires during the resignation of Pres. De La Rua and and the difficult collapse of the Peso in 2001-2002. I love the Argentinian people. One area in which I lived had a large painted mural of this “Scuba Diver” guy, that I always found intriguing, and we walked pass it many times. Later, many years after I returned home, I learned that the scuba guy was from this very successful Argentine comic! Thanks for posting this!

brings me so much joy to see this story being looked at and shared, thanks for this video

Your work on comic book artists and their stories is excellent. I look forward to every video you publish. Great work

Im so happy more people will get to read the Eternauta for the first time. And Mort Cinder.

Matttt, from the bottom of my and everyone's heart, thank you for these videos. They are way too good! Much love❤

The way you parallel the work with the lives of the artist in each video is incredible. Keep it up

the art in these stories is so innovative and absolutely jaw dropping, i had no idea things like that were being made at that time. great video man im looking forward to reading everything of his i can find!

Thank you, Matttt. That's all I have to say this time: just offering gratitude.

That was tragic and amazing! Thankyou!

Here in Italy, Argentina's comic are published in specific magazines: Skorpio amd Lanciostory, almost from 70s. The Eternaut was published in Lanciostory with a different layout of the panels.

Incredible. Your channel is my favorite on RU-vid right now

Man, these videos are amazing, props for all the hard work

Holy shit!!! Talking about Osterheld! Hell yeah! I'm from Brazil, not Argentina, but we love him here. Honestly, he's one of the goats in the whole world. More should know him

Thank you for this and all your other videos. Keep shining a light on things you love, we'll love it too. Greetings from the NLs

What a beautiful and amazing story, thanks man! Wow, hopefully I get to read these full series one day!

No me la puedo creer,una persona angloparlante hablando de el eternauta,que momento historico,ahora solo falta que hable de mafalda

Thank you and your team for the hours of research, editing, hard work, amazing quality of videos and passion you put into these projects. I'm always looking forward to the notification bell going off on my phone for this channel.

Amazing video as always. Your videos are so well written and produced, keep up the great work.

What a beautiful video, thanks for share the histories of Oasterhed, Breccia and Pratt. Greetings from Chile. Btw, one of the characters of the breccia version of El Eternauta is clearly based on Salvador Allende

Another absolute masterpiece of a video. Wow. Thanks Matt

Stunning video, absolutely amazing, you truly are one of the best creators on this website!

Another incredible video. You always pick the most interesting topics matttt. Your channel has become an essential view for me.

Excellent video! This is by far one of the best channels out there! Greetings from Argentina!!

Thank you so much for this vid, I am an Argentinean that followed your channel since the beginning and at the end of every edition, I looked at my Mort Cinder comic on my library shell wondering "Would Matt know about Oesterheld and Breccia?"

Another amazing video! The quality of your work is unmatched. The channel will soon be established as a unique educational portal for this form of art. Bravo!

Great work. Love the editing. Really good documentation. Greetings from Argentina.

Great video. Thank you very much for this! I hope the new series brings it to the light for many people.