Lúpin
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Revista Lúpin was a monthly comic book
(historieta) from Argentina
by Guillermo Guerrero and Héctor Mario Sidoli. It first appeared Feb. 1, 1966. It features the air adventures of its pilot
hero Lúpin, as well as other strips with regular characters, usually with a technical or scientific bent. It also included plans for building model aircraft
, simple electronic
devices, telescope
s, and other gizmos. Although never a huge popular success, it received letters from Argentinian engineers, pilots, and even a NASA
astronaut who read it as children.
The name Lúpin is a lunfardo
word for "looping the loop
" that comes from the English word "looping". The accent on the u is not standard in Spanish
spelling.
Néstor Kirchner
, the president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, was nicknamed Lúpin because of his physical resemblance to the character.
Sidoli died in December, 2006. It was announced in May, 2007, that issue 499 of the Revista Lúpin had been the last because of a dispute between Sidoli's widow and Guerrero over author's rights. Some characters might continue in a new magazine owned by Guerrero alone. However, Guerrero died on June 25, 2009.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
(historieta) from Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
by Guillermo Guerrero and Héctor Mario Sidoli. It first appeared Feb. 1, 1966. It features the air adventures of its pilot
Aviator
An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
hero Lúpin, as well as other strips with regular characters, usually with a technical or scientific bent. It also included plans for building model aircraft
Model aircraft
Model aircraft are flying or non-flying models of existing or imaginary aircraft using a variety of materials including plastic, diecast metal, polystyrene, balsa wood, foam and fibreglass...
, simple electronic
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
devices, telescope
Telescope
A telescope is an instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation . The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 1600s , using glass lenses...
s, and other gizmos. Although never a huge popular success, it received letters from Argentinian engineers, pilots, and even a NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
astronaut who read it as children.
The name Lúpin is a lunfardo
Lunfardo
Lunfardo is a dialect originated and developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the lower classes in Buenos Aires and the surrounding Gran Buenos Aires, and from there spread to other cities nearby, such as Rosario and Montevideo, cities with similar socio-cultural situations...
word for "looping the loop
Aerobatic maneuver
Aerobatic maneuvers are flight paths putting aircraft in unusual attitudes, in air shows, dog fights or competition aerobatics. Aerobatics can be performed by a single aircraft or in formation with several others...
" that comes from the English word "looping". The accent on the u is not standard in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
spelling.
Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Carlos Kirchner was an Argentine politician who served as the 54th President of Argentina from 25 May 2003 until 10 December 2007. Previously, he was Governor of Santa Cruz Province since 10 December 1991. He briefly served as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations ...
, the president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, was nicknamed Lúpin because of his physical resemblance to the character.
Sidoli died in December, 2006. It was announced in May, 2007, that issue 499 of the Revista Lúpin had been the last because of a dispute between Sidoli's widow and Guerrero over author's rights. Some characters might continue in a new magazine owned by Guerrero alone. However, Guerrero died on June 25, 2009.