He is the main creator of the popular Argentine comic conventionCrack Bang Boom; a massive event which is held annually in the city ofRosario and is considered as the most important of its type inSouth America.
Risso was born inLeones inCórdoba Province, Argentina, and started as a cartoonist in 1981, drawing his first collaborations for the morning newspaperLa Nación and the magazinesEroticón andSatiricón, all published byEditorial Columba.[3] In 1986, he worked for Eura Editoriale of Rome, Italy, and in 1987 he drewParque Chas, scripted byRicardo Barreiro. The series was first published byFierro in Argentina and then byTotem in Spain, Comic Art in Italy and finally the complete series as analbum in France, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and the United States. In 1988, he drewCain, again scripted by Barreiro.
Later that same year, Risso drewFulù, scripted by Carlos Trillo, published in Italy, France, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands, and in Argentina in thePuertitas magazine. The Trillo-Risso duo also createdSimon: An American Tale, published in Italy and France,Borderline, published in Italy andChicanos, published in Italy and France.
In 2010 he created the Argentine eventCrack Bang Boom, a comics/Argentine comics, cartoon,cosplay, fantasy and science-fiction convention, which is annually held in the city ofRosario. Hosted and organized by Risso with a group of collaborators and with support from theMunicipality of Rosario, Crack Bang Boom has become the most famous convention of its type in Argentina, as well as one of the most important events for the comics world in South America.
Risso has won fourEisner Awards for his work on100 Bullets with Brian Azzarello. He won for the "Best Serialized Story" in 2001;[12] for "Best Continuing Series" in 2002[13] and 2004;[14] and for "Best Artist" in 2002.[2][13] He won theHarvey Award for "Best Artist" in 2002[15] and 2003.[16]
^Manning, Matthew K.; Dougall, Alastair, ed. (2014). "2000s".Batman: A Visual History. London, United Kingdom:Dorling Kindersley. p. 269.ISBN978-1465424563.Editor Bob Schreck gave two more big name creators a shot at the Batman when he hired writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso for a six–issue noir thriller.{{cite book}}:|first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Cowsill, Alan; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "2000s".DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom:Dorling Kindersley. p. 338.ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9.[Wednesday Comics] contained fifteen continuous stories including...'Batman' with a story by Brian Azzarello and art by Eduardo Risso.{{cite book}}:|first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Manning "2010s" in Dougall (2014), p. 318: "In this powerful reimagining of the Batman legend, writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso joined forces for a three–issue examination ofFlashpoint's Batman."
