As the son of a famous architect, Carlos V. Roume got early fame for his animal drawings. His first professional work was for the publisher Albatros in 1945. He moved to France at the age of 25, where he spent several years working in the advertising field. Back in Argentina, he began making comics, starting with 'Lapacho Juan' in the magazine Patoruzito. In the following years, he made many comic adaptations of novels, such as 'Robinson Crusoe' and 'Moby Dick'. In the early 1950s, he created the 'Tarzan'-like 'Sabú'. Roume worked for Oesterheld's Hora Cero magazine from the late 1950s. With Hector Oesterheld as his scenarist, Roume produced such series as 'Nahuel Barros', 'Tipp Kenya' and 'Patria Vieja, Pichi'.
Between 1954 and 1962, he also provided artwork to the British Fleetway group. Roume illustrated 'Dick Daring' stories for Thriller Picture Library, and worked on Cowboy Comics and Cowboy Picture Library, for which he did 'Kit Carson'. He drew Conan Doyle's 'Rodney Stone' in Ranger and Look and Learn, as well as some stories of 'Olac the Gladiator' in Tiger. In addition, he was present in Il Corriere dei Piccoli, with 'Hayawatha', 'Zane Canon' and 'Alazzan'. In the 1970s, he worked for the Argentine Record publishers.
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