Argentine cartoonist Guillermo Mordillo, known simply as "Mordillo," passed away on June 29, 2019 in Mallorca, Spain, where he had been living the past couple of decades. He was 86.
He was one of the widest published cartoonists, famous for his big-nosed characters in print and animation.
"Mordillo was born on August 4, 1932, the son of Spanish immigrants in Buenos Aires. Having lived in Lima and New York, where he worked as a Popeye film cartoonist for Paramount studios, the budding illustrator moved to Paris in the early 1960s and developed his signature minimalist style. Mordillo had also long been fascinated by the big noses seen in characters in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and incorporated this motif into his work.
"Mordillo used absurdist humor to paint determined characters who often try to battle adversity. But since he knew no French, his protagonists did not speak and were unaccompanied by speech bubbles, a device that was prevalent throughout nearly all of his work.
"His breakthrough came in the mid-late 1960s when his cartoons were published in international magazines such as Paris Match in France and Stern in Germany, among others. In the 1970s, he had become one of the most widely-published cartoonists in the world. Over the course of his career, he created over 2,000 drawings without words, with an average of 60 per year."
- from DW.com
Beginning in 1976, Slovenian animator Miki Muster created a series of what would become 400 short animated cartoons titled "Mordillo." These were presented at Cannes and bought by TV stations in 300 countries.
Mordillo was president of the International Association of Authors of Comics and Cartoons. His last gallery show was in 1989.
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