Cold skies, strange snow, and alien beams. A pulp-infused nod to El Eternauta with surreal twists and cartoon grit. Cold skies, strange snow, and alien beams. A pulp-infused nod to El Eternauta with surreal twists and cartoon grit.
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Cold skies, strange snow, and alien beams. A pulp-infused nod to El Eternauta with surreal twists and cartoon grit.
Cold skies, strange snow, and alien beams. A pulp-infused nod to El Eternauta with surreal twists and cartoon grit.
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Printmaking by Manuel Rey 2 Artworks Sold

El Eternauta Ed. 1 of 50

Reproduction Print, Paper (Requires Framing)

21cm (W) x 29.7cm (H) x 0cm (D)

Certificate of Authenticity Included

Complete your piece with a wood frame

Recommended

Natural is our curators’ preference. It adds warmth without announcing itself, keeping the artwork the focal point.

Artwork only · unframed

A$140

Unframed

Arrives 6 to 8 Nov

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Packed by the artist and sent to your door.

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Hang it, live with it, see it in your own light. If it isn’t right, tell us within 7 days of it arriving and we’ll arrange collection.

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Artwork Description

Meet El Eternauta - reimagined not as a hero from a noble resistance, but as a bleary-eyed wanderer from a frostbitten future where doom rains down like snowflakes.
With a bubble helmet, grim stare, and an aura of cosmic resignation, this figure stumbles through a cartoon apocalypse lit by yellow abduction beams and capitalist paranoia. Inspired by 1950s Argentine sci-fi (with a dash of Cold War dread and surreal humor), this artwork plays with nostalgia, pulp horror, and that lovely feeling of "what-the-hell-now?" Drawn with jittery lines, awkward poise, and expressive weirdness, this piece fuses retro comic grit with a modern,
absurdist twist.

Artist Bio
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Manuel Rey 8 artworks | 2 Sold

In December 2007, I graduated as a Cartoonist from the School of Drawing Carlos Garaycochea in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since then, I’ve worked happily as both an Art Director and Illustrator, blending storytelling, humor, and character design into everything I do.

Commissions
Manuel's studio is in Surry Hills - Sydney