Carlos Nine

Born in 1944 in the province of Buenos Aires, Carlos Nine studied at the National School of Fine Arts in the Argentine capital. A painter, sculptor, animator, illustrator, and comic artist, he is now considered one of the most influential Argentine creators of recent decades. His first illustrations appeared in the Argentine satirical magazine Humor, with which he collaborated until 1990, and later in the magazine Fierro. Beginning in 1993, he contributed to foreign publications, including L’Écho des savanes, Il Grifo, Playboy, as well as Le Monde and The New Yorker. In 1991, Meurtres et châtiments (Murders and Punishments, Albin Michel) marked his debut in France, followed by Fantagas (Delcourt, 1995). In 2000, Le Canard qui aimait les poules (The Duck who Loved Chickens, Albin Michel) earned him the Alph-Art Award for Best Foreign Graphic Novel at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2001. He then collaborated with Jorge Zentner on the Pampa trilogy (Dargaud, 2003–2005), contributed to Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim’s Donjon Monsters universe in 2004, and continued his prolific body of work: Siboney (2008), Keko the Magician (new color edition, 2009) and Tropikal Mambo (2016)... A recognized master of watercolor and a self-proclaimed admirer of Edmond Dulac, he has developed a unique and constantly evolving visual style, which has earned him numerous international awards, including the Konex Platinum Award in Argentina in 2012.