Fierro (magazine)

Fierro, originally Fierro a Fierro, was an Argentinian comics magazine, with two very different runs:

The first incarnation of Fierro was edited by Ediciones de la Urraca between September 1984 and December 1992, which ran for 100 issues, two anthology books and special editions on Argentine comics authors, as well as supplements in some numbers.

The title Fierro comes from a series of connotations that remit to the Argentinian ideal of prowess and adventure. The complete name of the magazine, Fierro a fierro was taken of an old Gaucho cartoon by Raúl Roux published in the magazine Patoruzito. The word remits equally to several things: it is the creole "form" of hierro (iron), and therefore it does reference to the metal like the leading magazines in the genre in that period, Métal Hurlant and Heavy Metal. It also evokes Martín Fierro, José Hernández poem.

It carried the subtitle Historietas para sobrevivientes (Comics for survivors).

The aim of the magazine was to gather the best of the Argentine and international production, in addition to giving space to new authors.

The cover of the first number was drawn by Oscar Chichoni, who made covers of the magazine in numerous opportunities. It covers it is presented a conjunction of eroticism and technology, body and machine. In the inner pages were publishes the following stories:

In 1984 the magazine carried out a contest designated Fierro busca a dos manos. The winner in the category of drawing was 15 years old artist from Rosario that signed as Max Cachimba and in the category writing won Pablo DeSantis. Both continued publishing in the magazine, first in group, with drawings of Cachimba done De Santis scripts and afterwards Max Cachimba began to do his own scripts, whereas Pablo DeSantis worked with other cartoonists. In 1985 Fierro began to include the supplement Óxido. This same year it won the prize to the best comic magazine in the 5º Barcelona International Comics Convention.

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