Ricardo Barreiro

Ricardo Barreiro (October 2, 1949 – April 12, 1999) was an Argentine comic book writer.

Barreiro's oeuvre has been acclaimed in his country, Latin America and Europe, and many of his titles appeared in the Spanish, Italian and Dutch languages.

At a very early age he published articles and short stories on the underground magazine Sancho.

His first comic book as writer was SlotBar, with art by Francisco Solano Lopez.

This was followed by the noteworthy war series of As de Pique ("Pik As") and the science-fiction The City, both drawn by Juan Giménez.