Guillermo Mordillo

Mordillo
Born Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Argentine
Notable works
 Crazy Cowboy
Crazy Crazy
Les Girafes
Awards full list

Guillermo Mordillo (born August 4, 1932, in Villa Pueyrredón, Buenos Aires, Argentina), known simply as Mordillo, is a creator of cartoons and animations and was one of the most widely published cartoonists of the 1970s.[1] He is most famous for his humorous, colorful, and wordless depictions of love, sports (in particular soccer and golf), and long-necked animals.

From 1976 to 1981, Mordillo's cartoons were used by Slovenian artist Miki Muster to create Mordillo, a series of 400 short animations (300 min) that were later presented at Cannes and bought by television studios from 30 countries.[2][3]

Biography

The son of Spanish parents, Mordillo spent his childhood in Villa Pueyrredón in Buenos Aires, where he had an early interest in drawing. In 1948 he obtained the certificate of Illustrator from the School of Journalism. Two years later, while continuing to study, as part of the animation team Burone Bruch he illustrated children's stories (Tales of Perrault Tales Schmid, The Musicians of Bremen and The Three Little Pigs) edited by Codex. In 1952 he co-founded Galas Studios, dedicated to the production of animations. Meanwhile, he continued to develop his career as an illustrator and published some strips in local magazines.

On November 7, 1955, he moved to Lima, Peru, where he worked as a freelance designer for the advertising company McCann Erickson. In 1958 Aesop's Fables illustrated and Samaniego for Editorial Iberia Lima.

After having done greeting-card illustrations for the Kansas City-based Hallmark Cards, he left for the United States in 1960. When there he was employed by Paramount Pictures Studios in New York. Part of the performance of the film in two globally significant characters: Popeye and Little Lulu and creates two characters for the short film Trick for tree.

Three years later, on 20 August his life changed direction again. This time he travelled to Europe, arriving in Paris on 19 September. There, he worked at first humorous letters to Mic-Max Edition. In July 1966 he began to collaborate with the magazine Le Pelerin and shortly after doing the same in Paris Match. Two years later, his work started being printed in publications from other parts of the world, most notably Germany's Stern. In Paris he met his wife Amparo Camarasa, marrying in 1969. They have two children: Sebastian Jerome (1970) and Cecile Isabelle (1972).

In 1980 he moved to Mallorca, Spain and was named President of the International Association of Authors of Comics and Cartoons (CFIA) based in Geneva, Switzerland. After 18 years in Spain, he returned to France in 1998. The following year he participates in the Creative Workshop Zermatt, Switzerland.

In 2007 he leaves ink drawings in color and experiment with new materials: acrylics, pastels and crayons. The following year he performed with Art Petrus a series of reproductions of pictures in high definition. Also that year he sold through internet publication numbered and signed by the author: Mordillo Collection.

He currently resides in Monaco.

Bibliography

Also Published as Le Galion, 1970, Harlin Quist, Paris, France; All' Arrembaggio!, 1971, Emme Edizione, Milano, Italy;

Also Published as Der Grosse Mordillo, 1974, foreword by Manfred Schmidt, Verlag Gerhard Stalling AG, Oldenburg and Hamburg, Germany, ISBN 3-7979-1646-9.

Also published under the same title by Harlin Quist, Paris; Insel Verlag, Frankfurt, Germany, ISBN 3-458-33704-0 and Emme Edizioni, Milano.

Also published as: Toutes Les Giraffes, 1983, all-color hardcover, Editions Glénat, Grenoble, France.

Also published as: Mordillo Football, 1981, (with foreword by Pelé). Wilhelm Heye Verlag, München and Hamburg, Germany, ISBN 3-88141-012-0.

Also published as: Mordillo Lovestory,1987, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München, Germany, ISBN 3-453-02555-5.

Also published as: Mordillo Golf,1987, (with foreword by Roberto De Vicenzo). Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München, Germany, ISBN 978-0091734787.

Also published as: Mordillo Safari, French edition 1990, Editions Glénat, Grenoble, France.

Also published as Amore Amore, 1994, (with foreword by Giovanni Mariotti). Lappan Verlag GmbH, Oldenburg, Germany, ISBN 3-89082-498-6.

Also published as Mordillo für Sportler, 1995, Lappan Verlag GmbH, Oldenburg, Germany, ISBN 3-89082-575-3.

Also published as Mordillo für Verliebte, 1995, Lappan Verlag GmbH, Oldenburg, Germany, ISBN 3-89082-758-6.

Also published as Mordillo zur Hochzeit, 1995, Lappan Verlag GmbH, Oldenburg, Germany, ISBN 3-89082-571-0.

Also published as Mordillo für den tollen Mann, 1995, Lappan Verlag GmbH, Oldenburg, Germany, ISBN 3-89082-572-9.

Also published as Mordillo für die tolle Frau, 1995, Lappan Verlag GmbH, Oldenburg, Germany, ISBN 3-89082-573-7.

Also published as Mordillo für Urlauber, 1995, Lappan Verlag GmbH, Oldenburg, Germany, ISBN 3-89082-574-5.

Also published as Mordillo Für Fussballfans!, 1997, Lappan Verlag GmbH, Oldenburg, Germany, ISBN 3-89082-760-8.

Mordillo at 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair signing his Lappan cartoon books

Also published as Mordillo Für Das Leben Zu Zweit! (Für Paare), 1997, Lappan Verlag GmbH, Oldenburg, Germany. ISBN 3-89082-758-6.

Also published as Mordillo Für Erfolgreiche! (Für Sieger), 1997, Lappan Verlag GmbH, Oldenburg, Germany ISBN 3-89082-757-8.

Also published as Mordillo für Hundefreunde, 1997, Lappan Verlag GmbH, Oldenburg, Germany, ISBN 3-89082-759-4.

Awards

References

Footnotes
  1. ↑ Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Guilermo Mordillo".
  2. ↑ Eslovenia.tapirus.net
  3. ↑ "Muster Miki" (in Slovenian).

External links

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