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Argentinian comic book artist (1959?2002)
Jorge Ruben Zaffino
(1959–2002) was a
comic book
artist
born in Argentina.
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Zaffino spent a lifetime working as an artist in and out of comics. At the age of 16, he began working as an unpaid apprentice at the comics studios of
Ricardo
and Enrique Villagran in
Buenos Aires
, where his father had requested that they take him on. Zaffino made himself a recognised name in his country, working many years in important
Argentine comics
, like
Nippur de Lagash
.
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In the mid-1980s, Zaffino made a trip to the U.S. with Ricardo Villagran, who was working for Comico at the time. On that trip, Zaffino met comics writer
Chuck Dixon
, and together they produced
Winter World
, a three part series for
Eclipse
. They continued to collaborate on comics, producing the seminal
Punisher
graphic novels
Kingdom Gone
and
Assassin's Guild
, and a
Savage Sword of Conan
story titled
The Horned God
. During this time, Zaffino worked regularly with comics writer
Dan Chichester
on various comics, including
Critical Mass
, and
Terror Inc.
. He did relatively little work in the U.S. comics industry, where he is mostly known for his art in
Punisher
,
Clive Barker
's
Hellraiser
and
The 'Nam
for
Marvel Comics
. Zaffino’s last work in the US was a story written by Dixon for the 1996
Batman Black and White
mini series. He continued working for the Argentine comic market, but focused on his work as a painter.
A follow-up to
Winter World
called
Winter Sea
was entirely written and drawn for Marvel Comics, but was never published due to changes of Marvel's policy on creator-owned books at the time.
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A third chapter of the Winter World saga was also planned, titled
Winter War
.
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In January 2010, a hardcover edition containing
Winter World
and
Winter Sea
was published through
IDW Publishing
.
Zaffino died on July 12, 2002, at the age of 43 of a
heart attack
in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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