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Alberto Breccia
1919Apr, 15

Alberto Breccia

Alberto Breccia, Uruguayan-Argentinian author and illustrator (d. 1993)
Alberto Breccia (April 15, 1919 – November 10, 1993) was an Uruguay-born Argentine artist and cartoonist. A gifted penciller and inker, Breccia is one of the most celebrated and famous comics/Historieta creators in the world, and specially prominent in Latin America and Europe. His son Enrique Breccia and daughter Patricia Breccia are also comic book artists.

Renowned comic book author Frank Miller considers Breccia as one of his personal mentors, even declaring that (regarding modernity in comics): "it all started with Breccia".

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Events on 1919

  • 5Jan

    Nazi Party

    The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
  • 23Mar

    Italian Fascism

    In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
  • 19May

    Turkish War of Independence

    Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
  • 29May

    General relativity

    Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.
  • 4Jun

    19th Amendment to the United States Constitution

    Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.