Nippur de Lagash

Nippur de Lagash ( in Germany: Torka the tiger ) was an Argentine comic book series ( historieta ) about the adventures of a fictional Sumerian warrior in the Bronze Age, published by Editorial Columba, Buenos Aires, was published from 1967 to 1998. It was written by comic book writer Robin Wood and drawn by Lucho Olivera, Jorge Zaffino, Sergio Mulko, Néstor Barron Gustavo Amézaga, Ricardo Villagrán and others. Translations appeared in Italy ( di Lagash Nippur, publishing Euro Editoriale, 1983 ) and Germany ( Bastion -Verlag, 1975-1977 ).

Plot and characters

Nippur de Lagash ( Torka the tiger ), the main character of the series comes from the Sumerian city of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia. His parents were born in Nippur. After an invasion of his hometown Lagash by the Akkadians Lugal - Zagesi he is forced to flee into exile. On his travels through the Middle East, he experienced many adventures and encounters historical figures such as future king Sargon of Akkad, before he returns to his hometown and ruler of Lagash is.

Publications

In Argentina, published from 1967 to 1998 around 449 stories; the first in the magazine D' Artagnan N.151 published by Editorial Columba. In addition to paid employment publications, the stories will be published in comic books since 1981, for example, Nippur de Lagash - El hombre de Lagash (Editorial Columba, 1981), Nippur de Lagash - El incorruptible (Editorial Columba, 1981), Nippur de Lagash - El regreso (Editorial Columba, 1990), Nippur de Lagash - Adiós a Tebas (Reprint, Doedytores, 2003) and Nippur de Lagash. Biblioteca Clarín de la historieta N. 9 (Reprint, Diario Clarin, 2004).

In Italy, published in 1983 under the name of Nippur di Lagash date around 180 stories; the first in the magazine Lanciostory N. 28 Eura Editoriale the publisher. Since 1990, the comic books Nippur (Series Euro Comics, publisher Eura Editoriale so far range from 1 to 46, about 64 pages per band ) appear. Also as a comic book, the series spin off Hiras has been published ( Volume 1 and 2, Series Euro Comix, about 64 pages per band, Eura Editoriale publisher ).

A German translation appeared under the name Torka of tigers in the years 1975-1977 in the Bastion -Verlag. A total of 49 episodes of the series were published as additional stories in issues 48-97 of the comic series Robin Hood. As with Fanfan la Hussar, another additional history of the comic book series Robin Hood, the printing was done in black, white and red. Were red colored example the clothes of the protagonists, their horses as well as blood in the fight scenes.

Reception

Nippur de Lagash is designated as one of the most popular cartoon characters in Argentina. Its creator, the South American comic book writer Robin Wood have created many important comic series, and Nippur de Lagash is probably best known.

In Paraguay, the cartoon character Nippur de Lagash was creative template for a stamp.