Yor the Hunter

Yor the Hunter (original: Henga el cazador, also known simply as Henga) is an Argentine comic series created in 1974 by writer Ray Collins (pseudonym of writer Eugenio Juan Zappietro) and artist Juan Zanotto. It appeared for the first time in the Argentine comics magazine Skorpio. The saga is set at the beginning of the Neolithic Age, 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

The 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

• Gociol, Judith Nancy; Rosemberg, Diego (2000). La Historieta Argentina: Una Historia [Cartoon Argentina : A History] (in español). 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 italiano). Retrieved 11 November 2015.

External links

• 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)