Personal History
Eduardo Barreto (full name Luis Eduardo Barreto Ferreyra, sometimes credited as Ed Barreto) was born in the Sayago barrio (neighborhood) of Montevideo, Uruguay, on March 1, 1954, and lived his youth in calle Calaguala (Calaguala street). From an early age he became a fan of both Club Nacional de Football and art, deciding to become an artist when he was 7 years old, influenced mostly by Russ Manning, Hal Foster and Warren Tufts.[1][2]
Due to complications from meningitis, Barreto temporarily left his job, although he later returned to it at times from a hospital bed. He died on December 15, 2011.[1][2]Professional History
He looked for job as an artist in newspapers when he was 15, offering to write a biography of Richard the Lionheart (in a style reminiscent of Hal Foster's Prince Valiant). He was hired in the journal El Día to work for the supplement El Día de los Niños, but was instead prompted to do something more Hispanic: An adaptation of the epic comic Cantar de mío Cid.[1]
Circa 1974, he began working on a science-fiction and space fantasy epic, "El Poderoso Halcón", based on Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier's book Le Matin des Magiciens, but when trying to sell it, he was restricted due to his limited contacts in Uruguayan industry. He eventually distributed it through United Press in 16 Latin American journals, but when he tried to translate it to English, the oil and paper crisis of the mid-1970s stopped him. He visited Buenos Aires to try to reach Editorial Columba, and spent the late 1970s living between Uruguay and Argentina, until in 1979 his publisher recommended him to try the United States, as Barreto had hit a high point in the Latin American market.[1]
He began working for Marvel in 1979 with Marvel Team-Up #88, now dividing his time between the United States and Uruguay. He obtained especial recognition as the best-known Uruguayan artist in the international market, and the only one with a regular series there, and was known even among non-comic fans as "el dibujante uruguayo de Batman" (Batman's Uruguayan artist), thou he did many other works, and was especially active in the Uruguay comic industry in the 2000s.[1]Work History
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Links and References
- Eduardo Barreto on DC Database